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The Confession of a Portfolio User

This post is the second in a series looking at the history of writing and writing instruction at the University of Wisconsin. Here, Nattaporn Luangpipat discusses the use of portfolios for assessment and how this fits into the history of UW. By Nattaporn Luangpipat Evaluating portfolios is not easy. I remember when I told my …

The Student’s Critique: Instructors May Not Have All the Questions

November 28, 1949. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, speaking in front of a crowd on the Memorial Union Terrace. Source: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections  This post is the first in a series looking at the history of writing and writing instruction at the University of Wisconsin. Here, Samitha Senanayake asks instructors to consider …