Successful Writing Portfolio Assessment at theUniversity of Arizona’s Electrical andComputer Engineering Department ImprovesStudent Writing

摘要

Industry and alumni consistently rank writing skills as the most important outcomein determining our engineering graduates’ success. In response to this feedback, theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona designed andbegan implementing a writing portfolio assessment process to evaluate student writing. Dataobtained from five years experience have proven to be instructive for revising assignments,course goals and course content to improve student writing. Student attention to effectivewriting has also increased. Holistic scores on average have improved from 3.58, on a six- pointscale with 6 being highest, in Spring 2002, to 4.3 in Fall 2003.