A Threshold Crossing Inventory for Writing-Intensive Classrooms (Charitianne Williams)
CATE Seminar Series
November 7, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
TEB 201 or online on Zoom
Address
924 S. Morgan St., Rm 201, Chicago, IL 60607
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This Fall 2023 the CATE Seminar Series will feature the work of experienced UIC instructors who completed the CATE Janet Riddle Action Research Scholars program, a year-long professional learning program investigating how their instructional practices and curriculum impacted the learning experiences of their students in their courses. In this hour-long session, participants will learn about the Action Research Scholars’ project findings, and have the opportunity in an interactive part of the session to reflect on and talk to their colleagues about how to apply the scholars’ teaching strategies, research methodology, and/or research findings to their own practice and research. This seminar will be in a synchronous-distributed format: It is an on-campus, in-person event with the option to join online via live streaming. Light refreshments will be provided.
Speaker: Charitianne Williams, English & UIC Writing Center
Title: A Threshold Crossing Inventory for Writing-Intensive Classrooms
Abstract: This project seeks to develop assessment methods that identify student progress towards “threshold crossing” in writing studies, an admittedly conservative framework of conceptual writerly knowledge, for use in writing courses.With the inevitable inclusion of AI in student writing processes and an increasingly global writing context, the definition of “good writing” as well as the assessment of student writing products has become not only more complex, but more changeable. Tool development thus far has utilized both qualitative and quantitative analysis, including user interviews, testing for factorial invariance, and confirmatory factor analysis. In an environment where knowledge of writing mechanics appropriate for every writing context is impossible, threshold concepts offer a knowledge base students can use for decision-making in their future writing processes and products in the absence of instructor supervision.
Event Format: This seminar will be in a synchronous-distributed format. It is an on-campus, in-person event with option to join online via live streaming.
Bonus In-Person Research Project Workshopping Session from 2-3 pm: After the seminar, participants who are in-person are encouraged to stay to consult with CATE staff on ideas they have about a teaching and learning research project, or questions they may have about the Action Research Scholars program.
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: UIC is committed to full inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of university life. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. If you have questions about access, such as parking or building layouts, or wish to request accommodations for our programming, such as real-time captioning (CART), ASL services, or obtaining event materials in alternative formats, please contact the event lead, Crystal Tse (tsecryst@uic.edu).
Date posted
Jul 31, 2023
Date updated
Oct 12, 2023