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Composition in Convergence The Impact of New Media on Writing Assessment
By Diane Penrod
Copyright 2005
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Routledge
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Composition in Convergence: The Impact of New Media on Writing Assessment considers how technological forms--such as computers and online courses--transform the assessment of writing, in addition to text classroom activity. Much has been written on how technology has affected writing, but assessment has had little attention. In this book, author Diane Penrod examines how, on the one hand,... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Moving Toward Internetworked Writing and Assessment. Transforming Texts, Transforming Assessment. Who Owns the Words in Electronic Texts? Rethinking Validity and Reliability in an Age of Convergence. Hot and Cool Technologies in the Age of Convergence: Assessing the Writing in Room 25. Access Before Assessment? Remediating Writing Assessment.
Biography
Diane Penrod
"Anyone struggling with assessment and technology will find this book helpful. Highly recommended."
—CHOICE"In 'Composition in Convergence', Penrod argues persuasively that writing in new media requires us to rethink the 'processes, characteristics, and purposes valued' in such texts. Penrod rightly calls for 'deep assessment' of writing in academic classrooms, assessment that goes beneath surface correctness."
—Technical Communications
