Directed self-placement : principles and practices / edited by Daniel Royer, Roger Gilles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royer, Daniel.

Gilles, Roger.

Series:

Research and teaching in rhetoric and composition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--Case studies.

Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Report writing.

Advanced placement programs (Education).

Basic writing (Remedial education).

Educational evaluation.

Self-evaluation.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2003]

Contents:

1. Directed Self-Placement in Relation to Assessment: Shifting the Crunch From Entrance to Exit / Peter Elbow 15

2. Directed Self-Placement in the University / David Blakesley 31

3. The Pragmatist Foundations of Directed Self-Placement / Daniel J. Royer, Roger Gilles 49

4. The Role of Self-Efficacy in Writing and Directed Self-Placement / Erica J. Reynolds 73

5. Directed Self-Placement at Belmont University: Sharing Power, Forming Relationships, Fostering Reflection / Robbie Pinter, Ellen Sims 107

6. Introducing Directed Self-Placement to Kutztown University / Janice Chernekoff 127

7. The Case of a Small Liberal Arts University: Directed Self-Placement at DePauw / Cynthia E. Cornell, Robert D. Newton 149

8. Directed Self-Placement at a Large Research University: A Writing Center Perspective / Phyllis Frus 179

9. Directed Self-Placement in a Community College Context / Patrick Tompkins 193

10. Southern Illinois University Carbondale as an Institutional Model: The English 100/101 Stretch and Directed Self-Placement Program / David Blakesley, Erin J. Harvey, Erica J. Reynolds 207

11. Responding to Directed Self-Placement / Michael Neal, Brian Huot 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1572735325

1572735333

OCLC:

51728810