Disability and Alternative Assessment Practices in Composition Classrooms
This series considers how disability affects those in academia—with a focus on student experiences—and how alternative assessment practices in composition classrooms can be implemented not just to accommodate disability, but to put it at the forefront of writing assessment.
Foundation
This article provides a broad overview of dis/ability, disability studies, the current disabled academic landscape, and disability in the composition classroom.
Methods
This article discusses ungrading, labor-based contract grading, engagement-based contract grading, cripistemologies, crip time, and radical flexibility.
Practice
This article turns toward the practicalities of implementing alternative assessment practices in a composition classroom through activities and assignments.
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An Introduction to Disability and Alternative Assessment Practices in Composition Classrooms
This article provides a broad overview of dis/ability, disability studies, the current disabled academic landscape, and disability in the composition classroom. It lays the foundation for the later articles in this series.
- Defining Dis/ability
- Critical Disability Studies
- The Current Disabled Academic Landscape
- Disability in the Composition Classroom
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Alternative Assessment Ecologies
In this article, I discuss several alternative assessment practices, including ungrading, labor-based contract grading, and engagement-based contract grading. Cripistemologies, crip time, and radical flexibility are also given space for discussion and general definition.
- Cripistemologies
- Crip Time and Radical Flexibility
- Ungrading
- Engagement-Based Contract Grading
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Implementing Alternative Assessment Practices
This article covers the practicalities of implementing alternative assessment practices in a composition classroom, along with examples of activities and assignments.
- The First Day of Ungrading
- Critical and Creative Captioning
- One-Minute Papers
- Narrative Self-Evaluations
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Foundation
An Introduction to Disability and Alternative Assessment Practices in Composition Classrooms
Methods
Alternative Assessment Ecologies
Practice
Implementing Alternative Assessment Practices
Start with the Foundation
The first article provides a broad overview and lays the foundation for the later articles in the series.