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DISA-CAW- Challenges in Academic Writing

DISA-CAW- Challenges in Academic Writing. Christina Howell-Richardson 24 th June 2013. DISA and challenges of academic writing for assessment.

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DISA-CAW- Challenges in Academic Writing

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  1. DISA-CAW- Challenges in Academic Writing Christina Howell-Richardson 24th June 2013

  2. DISA and challenges of academic writing for assessment

  3. perspectives on the required balance of generic academic and discipline-specific language and literacy skills and how and when these skills are acquired by students? • lecturers’ and students’ “implicit” criteria for a good writing assignment within a specified subject at a specified undergraduate level • students’ practices in writing essay assignments • lecturers’ and students’ mental models of what constitutes a good writing assignment brief. Is there a mismatch?-the questions asked

  4. Participants in the research

  5. Time • Relationships • Volume • Interpretation of the assignment brief • Variation across disciplines, lecturers, contexts and audiences • Explicit criteria and transparency of criteria • Expectations • Gaps in cognitive processing skills and techniques Where do some tensions lie?Casting seed on variable ground

  6. Thank you Thank you for listening.

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