Instructional Design Survey

Thank you for agreeing to help me out with my final project. The purpose of this project is to design the outline of a training program. A vital piece of this design program is an analysis of its target audience i.e. adjunct instructors at Harford Community College. Given the following multiple choice questions, I would like you to answer as many as you feel comfortable with. The statistics will be processed to protect your anonymity; I will not be including names or any other personal references in either the draft or final versions of the course design document. This project is in no way related to your duties at Harford Community College, and no one outside of myself will read the responses. Again, many thanks for your help! Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.

Regards, Jonathan Arend

I Agree

1. Have you previously taught sections of Basic Writing?

a. Yes

b. No

2. If you answered “Yes” to question 1, how many years’ experience do you have in teaching Basic Writing?

a. 1-3 years

b. 4-6 years

c. 6+

3. Have you had two or more years’ experience in grading student writing using a standardized rubric developed for use by all teachers in the same content area?

a. Yes

b. No

4. Within the past year, have you received formal training in correctly evaluating and deducting points from student writing using the revised Basic Writing departmental rubric?

a. Yes

b. No

5. If you answered “Yes” to question 4, were you given a formal evaluation to demonstrate your ability to correctly deduct points from student writing using the revised Basic Writing rubric?

a. Yes

b. No

6. Regarding the “content and organization” section of the revised Basic Writing departmental rubric, how comfortable are you using the rubric to evaluate and deduct points from student writing in the grading categories contained therein?

a. I am very comfortable and have no questions regarding the use of the revised Basic Writing rubric to deduct points from student writing across all grading categories contained underneath the heading “content and organization”.

b. I am comfortable in deducting points in some categories, but I have questions about the correct number of points to deduct in other categories contained underneath the heading “content and organization”

c. I have questions about the correct number of points to deduct across most or all grading categories contained underneath the heading “content and organization”

7. Regarding the “coherence and style” section of the revised Basic Writing departmental rubric, how comfortable are you using the rubric to evaluate and deduct points from student writing in the grading categories contained therein?

c. I have questions about the correct number of points to deduct across most or all grading categories contained underneath the heading “coherence/style”

8. Regarding the “grammar/mechanics” section of the revised Basic Writing departmental rubric, how comfortable are you using the rubric to evaluate and deduct points from student writing in the grading categories contained therein?

c. I have questions about the correct number of points to deduct across most or all grading categories contained underneath the heading “grammar/mechanics”

9. Are the amounts of points you deduct from grading categories similar to the amount deducted by other Basic Writing adjunct instructors for similar errors?

a. Yes

b. No

c. I do not know