dc.contributor.author	Willis, Angela Rainey
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-13T16:38:58Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-13T16:38:58Z
dc.date.issued	2013-08-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1292
dc.description	A Thesis submitted to the Graduate School Valdosta State University in partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in English in the Department of English of the College of Arts and Sciences. December 2012	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Assessing developmental writing differs from assessing writing of students prepared for college writing. Because developmental writers are beginning writers, they require instructional assessment that will guide and prepare them for more stringent grading standards. I come to these conclusions by researching the literature of Mina Shaughnessy, David Bartholomae, Peter Elbow, Brian Huot, and others. Their composition knowledge explains the developmental writing situation and offers assessment insight. Georgia developmental writing instructors offered essay assessment advice and classroom-tested knowledge by answering my survey questions. Compiling the evidence gained through literature research and instructor interviews guides my construction of a rubric for developmental writers. My rubric values writing process over formalist writing assessment, which stresses surface error. It addresses the traditional rubric categories (organization, unity, coherence, style, grammar, mechanics) by emphasizing planning, drafting, revising, and editing. These writing process components build writing skills which contribute to an organized, unified, acceptably error-free essay; therefore, the traditional, commonly-used rubric categories are satisfied.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Darrell G. Fike, Donna N. Sewell, Christine A. James	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Education	en_US
dc.subject	Student -- writing development	en_US
dc.subject	Writing process	en_US
dc.subject	rubric categories	en_US
dc.subject	English	en_US
dc.subject	United States -- Georgia	en_US
dc.subject	English Teachers	en_US
dc.title	Redesigning Assessment of Georgia Developmental Writers	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US