Frederick L. De Naples
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David Laurence replied to the topic Projects for the Council's K-16 Education Committee? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoClosely associated with the Common Core State Standards are two test-development consortia, the Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (often referred to as PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). PARCC and SBAC are in the midst of field testing assessments designed to track and inform students of their…[Read more]
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Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
We are thrilled to announce a new structure to replace the division/discussion groups. Join in! http://news.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2014/05/14/new-mla-forum-structure
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Rosemary Feal replied to the topic Discussion in the forum
Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoWe left it open precisely so MLA members could determine the scope. It could be about writing programs only, or it could include language program admins, DGSs, DUSs, and so on (so the sessions could vary year after year at the convention).
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David Laurence posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
A 14 May post on The Trend reviews historical trends in time to degree for PhDs in the humanities compared with other disciplines, 1960 to 2012.
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Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic Discussion in the forum
Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoOne question I have about the focus of the Program Administration Forum is whether it will be specifically focused on Writing Programs, or more broadly cover administrative issues for all types of programs relevant to MLA members.
Either way, as chair of the Humanities Department and de factor Writing Program Coordinator (our department is…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoStacey Lee Donohue
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David Laurence replied to the topic Projects for the Council's K-16 Education Committee? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoThose following this Commons group may find useful as an introduction to the Common Core Standards the first chapter of Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement, by Lucy Calkins and her colleagues Mary Ehrenworth and Christopher Lehman. The chapter is available to download free from the Web site of the Reading and Writing Project that…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic Projects for the Council's K-16 Education Committee? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoLooking forward to hearing more about successful collaborations between HS and college instructors. I’m finding that such collaborations are often challenging because of the following barriers, so would love to see the MLA, or any organization, come up with strategies to address them:
1. HS instructors do not get release time to work on c…[Read more]
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Rosemary Feal started the topic Sample Common Core tests in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoPlease see this story on testing and the Common Core. There is a link to sample tests.
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David Laurence replied to the topic narrative complexity in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoParticipants in this discussion of text complexity may be interested in a research report, Using Multiple Sources of Information in Establishing Text Complexity, by Elfrieda H. Hiebert of TextProject, Inc. University of California, Santa Cruz.
The TextProject also has a Web page devoted to the topic of text complexity in the context of the Common…[Read more]
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Susannah Mary Chewning started the topic Committee for the Community College MLA 2015 Call for Papers in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Committee for the Community College is sponsoring the following session at the MLA Convention in Vancouver in January of 2015:
The End of Remediation? Papers can address issues related to the future of Developmental studies, including but not limited to accelerated learning, performance-based funding, the Common Core, and the completion…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic CFP: MLA15 Teaching Memoir in the forum
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoReading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir: MLA 2015 Vancouver BC
Stacey Lee Donohue/CCHA Allied Member of the MLA
Autobiography and memoir have become canonical staples, but also contested sites for discussing the boundaries of fictional and non-fictional self-representation. Presentations invited exploring the…[Read more]
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Susannah Mary Chewning started the topic Committee for the Community College MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Committee for the Community College is sponsoring two sessions at the MLA Convention in Vancouver in January of 2015:
The End of Remediation? Papers can address issues related to the future of Developmental studies, including but not limited to accelerated learning, performance-based funding, the Common Core, and the completion agenda.…[Read more]
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