Research and Reports

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Ongoing Projects

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COM Assessment Reports

Spring 2019: A report of findings and trends from cafeteria-style assessment projects across COM2 and COM3 courses

Fall 2019: Survey results related to the COM instructors personal practices and teaching practices related to digital communication and oral communication.

Spring 2021: Direct assessment of student work related to COM2/3 outcomes related to audience, purpose and structure

Fall 2021: Direct assessment of student work against the AAC&U VALUE rubrics for oral and written communication.

Spring 2022: Direct course-level assessment of student work against the VALUE Written Communication rubric, AND results of survey of students enrolled in COM3 courses.

 

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Annual Reports

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CxC Campus Impacts

• Click here to learn about our extensive impacts through workshops, faculty learning communities, graduate learning communities, and other efforts

CxC/WAC Research Publications

• Fisher, R. (2021). The fact of the text: Exploring mmisalignment in undergraduate lab reports. Research in the Teaching of English, 56(2), 155-176.
• Fisher, R., Brock, C.H., Frahm, T., Van Wig, A. & V. R. Gillis (2020.) Reflections on writing and identity: exploring the role of qualifying exams in the sociocultural development of doctoral students, Studies in Continuing Education, 42(3), 365-380, doi: 10.1080/0158037X.2019.1661237
• Fisher, R. (2018). Reconciling disciplinary literacy perspectives with genre-oriented activity theory: Toward a fuller synthesis of traditions. Reading Research Quarterly, 54(2), 237– 251. doi:10.1002/rrq.233

Other CxC Publications

• Seven Tips for Supporting International Writers (Slides from a Spring 21 faculty development seminar)
• Lessons Learned: Debriefing Teaching during Covid (Fall 2021 handout for discussion, based on focus groups conducted in Summer 2020. Not limited to communication-intensive courses.)
• Looking Towards Fall at UW (Fall 2021 op-ed piece for the Casper Star-Tribune)