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Success Factors: English Learners Speak About What Worked For Them, Said Garaad

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

This research explores the ways of improving the education of English Learners (EL). The purpose of the study was to uncover the narratives that helped their academic success and the challenges they encountered. Central to this research are the firsthand experiences of seven individuals who have navigated the transition out of EL programs. Their experiences offer valuable insights into the effective methods of instruction and environmental factors that contribute to a learner’s success. This study is focused on the experiences of former English Learner (EL) students in American K-12 education in order to determine the most effective strategies for enhancing …

Developing And Applying An Information Literacy Rubric To Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto

Library Faculty Publications

Objective – This study demonstrates one method of developing and applying rubrics to student writing in order to gather evidence of how students utilize information literacy skills in the context of an authentic assessment activity. The process of creating a rubric, training scorers to use the rubric, collecting annotated bibliographies, applying the rubric to student work, and the results of the rubric assessment are described. Implications for information literacy instruction are also discussed.

Methods – The focus of this study was the English 102 (ENG 102) course, a required research-based writing course that partners the instructors with the university librarians …

Taming The Hydra: A Triangulation Approach To Assessing An Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum, Brenda Thomas, Tracy Lightcap, Linda Rosencranz

Essays in Education

The development of interdisciplinary core curricula has mushroomed in recent years as the need to accommodate general education to an explosion of knowledge cutting across disciplines and increased global interdependence has emerged. This trend has not been accompanied, however, by new methods of assessment. In this paper we describe the use of triangulation strategies for evaluating interdisciplinary core programs, then present a case study of an assessment plan based on triangulation drawn from experience at our institution. We conclude with some recommendations concerning establishing triangulation assessments of interdisciplinary core programs.