Combining Skills: Integrating Reading and Writing
Abstract
Although in testing and instruction, reading and writing have historically been separated, newer theories and research point to the strengths associated with combining the two. This discussion will focus on an integrated reading and writing assessment tool that Atlanta Metropolitan State College English and Reading faculty members recently created and implemented. This assessment is a move away from decontextualized writing to writing prompted from a contextualized situation�response to a text. Reading also has a greater context�moving away from nine different passages on different topics to one longer passage on one topic. Our research results point to specific strengths, challenges, and outcomes associated with the new assessment tool. Our goal is to share this information and also to invite participants to share their experiences related to teaching reading and writing in any subject, as well as assessing.
Location
Room 218
Recommended Citation
Mallory, Lisa and Hildenbrand, Joan, "Combining Skills: Integrating Reading and Writing" (2013). SoTL Commons Conference. 48.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2013/48
Combining Skills: Integrating Reading and Writing
Room 218
Although in testing and instruction, reading and writing have historically been separated, newer theories and research point to the strengths associated with combining the two. This discussion will focus on an integrated reading and writing assessment tool that Atlanta Metropolitan State College English and Reading faculty members recently created and implemented. This assessment is a move away from decontextualized writing to writing prompted from a contextualized situation�response to a text. Reading also has a greater context�moving away from nine different passages on different topics to one longer passage on one topic. Our research results point to specific strengths, challenges, and outcomes associated with the new assessment tool. Our goal is to share this information and also to invite participants to share their experiences related to teaching reading and writing in any subject, as well as assessing.
