Saturday, September 15, 2012

Developmental Writing Wordles

I'm working on a presentation that looks at the course descriptions for developmental writing courses and course sequences. My hope is to get a sense for how developmental writing is framed by colleges. As part of this, I want to investigate the logic used to create the course sequences and get a sense for what aspects of writing are being "developed" through the courses. Below are three Wordles that provide an overview of developmental writing in Northern Illinois. These descriptions come from the course catalogs published by post-secondary institutions in and around the Chicagoland area.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts. Does anything jump out at you as inaccurate or misrepresentative of how developmental writing is taught or should be taught?

Wordle: Developmental Writing in Northern Illinois
Developmental Writing in Northern Illinois


Wordle: Developmental Writing at Two-Year Colleges in Northern Illinois
Developmental Writing at Two-year Colleges in Northern Illinois


Wordle: Developmental Writing at Four-Year Colleges in Northern Illinois
Developmental Writing at Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Nothern Illinois

1 Comments:

Blogger Brad Smith said...

Hmm... They're kind of fuzzy. Here are the links.

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5714459/Developmental_Writing_in_Northern_Illinois

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5714493/Developmental_Writing_at_Two-Year_Colleges_in_Northern_Illinois

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5714516/Developmental_Writing_at_Four-Year_Colleges_in_Northern_Illinois

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