In coming up with this outcome, I focused in particular on the sixth principle outlined on the AAHE list: “Assessment fosters wider improvement when representatives from across the educational community are involved.” This is definitely an area our library needs to work on. Last spring, several faculty members got together to discuss their frustration with students’ poor selection of sources and even poorer integration of these sources into their writing. Librarians encourage students to think critically about selecting sources that are most appropriate to their needs. Writing faculty want to help students learn how to integrate sources into their writing in a meaningful, non-derivative way. The two steps—source selection and source integration—are intimately related, but we have not made that connection explicit for students.
Without further delay, here is the outcome I’ve written. Comments and suggestions for improvement would be most appreciated!
Librarians will collaborate with faculty and staff at the Writing Center in order to create multiple opportunities (tutorials, handouts, reference/writing consultations, instructional design tips for faculty, etc.) for students to learn about, understand, and use principles of good source selection and source integration when researching and writing their papers.
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Peggy, this is great you are digging right into the hard stuff! My question to you now is how might you revise this outcome after hearing about additional elements of the Assessment Cycle during the May 8 session? Are there things included in this draft of the outcome statement which you could shift to being criteria for an outcome that was pitched at a higher level? Some of the things included in this statement seem to me to be 'activities' - the specificity of the Writing Center collaboration, or the specification of tutorials/handouts/consultations. Are you willing to revisit this and revise?
Anne Zald
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