Title: "Rising Stakes" Collaborative Writing Projects: Tools, Techniques, and Tips
Url: http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-37/v37reprint.php?ch=42
Author: Daniel Johnson
Author's Address: Wake Forest University, Department of Biology, NC
Email Address: johnsoad@wfu.edu
Description: Semester-long “rising stakes” writing projects are an authentic learning experience that uses peer interactions to motivate students and improve outcomes. In the low-stakes phase, students write blocks of a larger collaborative project. Peers and the instructor provide feedback and suggestions for improvements. In the high-stakes phase, students use the collaborative resource to complete a final course assessment. Here we describe how to organize a semester-long collaborative project, our assessment methods, and general strategies for implementing collaborative writing in a variety of courses.
Keywords: peer instruction
formative assessment
course project
technical writing
Topic: Teaching Tools and Techniques
BEN Subject/Discipline Taxonomy: Teaching Tools and Techniques
Learning Resource Type: Teaching strategies & guidelines (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Context: Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Undergraduate upper division 15-16
Format: pdf
Access Rights: This resource is for ABLE members only.
Rights: http://www.ableweb.org/copyright-policy/
Conference Location & Year: Boston University (2015)
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