Using Rubrics and Peer Reviews to Improve Academic Writing – a webinar by Professor Lynn Hoke
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Summary
Students find academic writing challenging, as they have become accustomed to the informality of social media and text messaging as their main mode of writing. Incorporating the use of rubrics for assignments and peer reviews as part of the writing process will help them focus on the more formal writing required in academia. In this webinar we will discuss how teachers can create detailed rubrics to help students follow the instructions and fulfill the requirements of an assignment. We will use the second half of the webinar to discuss how peer reviews may be used in tandem with rubrics as a means of not only helping students internalize essay format, content, and requirements, but use of rubrics and peer reviews will help students establish agency over their own metacognition and assignment choices.
Professional profile
Professor Lynn Hoke
Professor Lynn Hoke spent the last twenty-five years traveling, teaching, and living in both Southeast Asia and the United States, and her experience comprises a broad range of teaching English courses and teacher training. She holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from George Mason University and a Doctorate (ABD) in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education from Nova Southeastern University. She has taught and designed course materials for American, British, and World Literature, introductory and advanced composition, as well as courses in ESL and EFL in colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Experience in designing presentations and workshops for international conferences.
Professor Hoke grew up in Virginia and loves travelling, reading, hiking, cycling, and cooking. She enjoys learning about new cultures, storytelling, and languages.