Assessing Visual Rhetoric: Problems, Practices and Possible Solutions - Couverture souple

Ferstle, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 383642682X ISBN 13 : 9783836426824

Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007

Synopsis

The proliferation of computers in classrooms allows students to insert images, texts, graphics, movies, and audio files easily into their electronic works or documents. There is a sense that our culture is a visual culture, but what does that mean in terms of assessment practice? What do we really value about images? What is the relationship between images and texts? This study examines the problems of assessment within a university level first year composition course. The analysis relies on a traditional grounded methods approach and a concept mapping approach to mutually inform the results and conclusions. The aim of the study is to uncover the actual criteria and standards valued by instructors when confronted with the complexity of the new media compositions. The study is designed to be of interest to educational professionals from administration with interests in assessment theory and practice to classroom instructors of any field whose students are now submitting electronic compositions with texts and images.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. The proliferation of computers in classrooms allows students to insert images, texts, graphics, movies, and audio files easily into their electronic works or documents. There is a sense that our culture is a visual culture, but what does that mean in terms of assessment practice? What do we really value about images? What is the relationship between images and texts? This study examines the problems of assessment within a university level first year composition course. The analysis relies on a traditional grounded methods approach and a concept mapping approach to mutually inform the results and conclusions. The aim of the study is to uncover the actual criteria and standards valued by instructors when confronted with the complexity of the new media compositions. The study is designed to be of interest to educational professionals from administration with interests in assessment theory and practice to classroom instructors of any field whose students are now submitting electronic compositions with texts and images.

Biographie de l'auteur

is an assistant professor of English at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida where he teaches in the Professional Writing Program and an occasional seminar in the Masters of Liberal Studies Program. He obtained his PhD in the Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas, specializing in composition and rhetoric studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 383642682X
• ISBN 13: 9783836426824
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible