The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany

Subject teachers should evaluate the use
of specialized vocabulary and procedures
within their subject area, but the English
language arts teachers should evaluate the
writing.
Asking students at this grade level to write
is inappropriate in this subject.
All teachers should be responsible for
improving students' writing skills.
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Years of teaching experience? ________
Do you have supervisory responsibilities (e.g., team leader,
department chair)? ___Yes
___No
For this final set of questions, please choose one assignment
that you have used or plan to use with this class, that you
believe is typical of the work you require in this class.
In the space below, please describe the assignment, including if
possible the wording of the task as it was presented to the
students.
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