Instructions:

This quiz contains T/F and MULTIPLE CHOICE questions. The source articles for these questions can be found in this tutorial either on Purpose, Key Concepts and/or Readings pages.

The ANSWER KEY is at the bottom of this quiz.

True/False

____ 1. Writing across the Curriculum is a pedagogical movement that began in the early 1980s as a response to a perceived deficiency in literacy among college students.

____ 2. Writing to Learn and Writing across the Disciplines are both examples of Writing across the Curriculum approaches.

____ 3. Writing to Learn helps students to maintain and/or improve their writing skills. 

____ 4. According to Sorcinelli and Elbow (1997) writing only has positive impact for student learning and does not have a positive impact on teaching.

____ 5. Goodrich (2000) defines rubric as "a scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece of work or 'what counts.'

____6.  Rubrics can not be used to help students judge and revise their own work before handing in their assignments.

____ 7. Rubrics can specify the level of performance expected for several levels of quality, i.e. these levels of quality may be written as different ratings (e.g., Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement) or as numerical scores (e.g., 4, 3, 2, 1) which are then added up to form a total score which then is associated with a grade (e.g., A, B, C, etc). 

Multiple Choice

____ 8. Which of the following is a characteristic of effective writing assignments?

a. They employ a step by step development of critical thinking skills.

b. They focus on real problems and issues.

c. They have clear instructions.

d. All of the above.

____ 9. Which of the following best describes the benefits and/or characteristics of Low Stakes Writing?

a. Helps students keep up with assigned readings each week

b. Helps students become active learners

c. Improves the quality of student’s high stakes writing

d. Individually, do not make significant contributions to the final grade

e. All of the above

____ 10. Which of the following is an example of Writing to Learn activity?

a. Journals

b. Logs

c. Microtheme papers?

d. All of the above

___11. Which of the following is not an example of Writing across the Discipline activity?

a. Diaries and/or journals

b. Reports

c. Article reviews

d. Research papers

____ 12. Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about high-stakes assignments?

a. High stakes writing assignments should not be used to demonstrate student’s knowledge of course subject matter.

b. High stakes writing assignments are assignments for which professors expect polished academic writing

c. High stakes writing assignments can sometimes be a product derived from one or more low stakes writing activities.

____ 13. Examples of high stakes writing include

a. 1 minute and/or 5 minute writes in class

b. Journals, logs or weekly letters kept outside of class

c. Neither of the above

Answer Key

1.         True

2.         True

3.         True

4.         False

5.         True

6.         False

7.         True

8.         D

9.         E

10.        D

11.        A

12.        A

13.        C