Dear Dr. Pritchard,
For my part in my group’s position paper, I have researching the role of rubrics in the evaluating and assessing of student writing. I am actually happy that this particular topic was assigned to me because I haven’t really officially studied rubrics for many years, so I am being forced to investigate a topic anew to see what has been discovered about rubrics since the days when it was a new and innovative topic.
Though the notes I have taken thus far has been from books, I am about to explore the internet for other sources. I am certain that my web sources will provide more current information because of the web’s ability to have the most up-to-date information. I am, however, concerned that I get duped by a bogus on-line source that might “look” scholarly but in actuality be unacceptable to the academic community. I think that it’s worth the risk though in order to provide the most updated information. I want to assure you that I will be sure to verify that the websites I reference will be written by an expert in the educational field who is affiliated with an accredited academic institution. I will be sure to review the author’s biography to make sure he or she has the proper credentials as well. If I have trouble finding out what I want to know about the author of the website, I will check further on other websites to discover his/her credentials.
Please also note that my teacher Mr. Horton has taught me the necessary skills to evaluate web sources. My favorite is one I use often from Purdue University from their on-line writing lab (OWL). I will be sure to use the specific strategies taught there (most of which I reference in the above paragraph).
I look forward to completing my work for my group and posting to the CAWP website my work. If you have any suggestions that you think might help me, I welcome them.
Sincerely,
Karen Burden
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I wish to comment on my own letter before anyone else does. I see the typos! I should have proofread it more carefully before posting it. Sorry! I will be more careful in the future, especially when posting to a blog!
ReplyDeleteI like how you discuss your concern about being "duped" by websites that are not reputable. You make a good case for why you should be able to research using online sources.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in rubrics and cannot wait to read what you have all come up with. I have heard negatives as well as positive comments, but i lean more to the former. Seeing theuse of them from an inservice teacher's perspective will hopefully give me another perspective on using rubrics in class.
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