It's evident that you've thought about this a lot, and I think he really needs to be the one reading this. However, I did note your saying that he doesn't like advice, so I say go one step further and send it to his department head. Whether signed or anonymous, someone would notice the time and effort you put into that. My university had an teacher review form that we had to fill out at the end of semester in every class, the results of which are posted online. After taking classes with awful professors that were misleadingly rated "good", I began to take the review process much more seriously, and giving them more thoroughly critical reviews in the hope that they would shape up or ship out.
also, you say that comments should be 90% on the positive for new writers. How new are these writers in your class? I think that the balance of praise and criticism that is most effective really varies by student. At my univ. we had a lot of kids coming out of high schools where they had been top of their class, and needed to have the wind taken out of their sails a bit (gently, of course)because they weren't as knowledgeable about writing as they thought they were. I was one of them, and it was the best thing my prof. ever did for me. Of course, she also took a lot of extra time to meet with students, explain her criticisms, and help them move forward. I don't know how much it would of helped those of us with residual adolescent writing ego to have 90% praise. but that's just my two cents on pedagogy for the day.
and now i'm going off to ask for an extension on a paper, cuz I so overslept this morning :)
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Date: 2006-11-30 12:48 pm (UTC)also, you say that comments should be 90% on the positive for new writers. How new are these writers in your class? I think that the balance of praise and criticism that is most effective really varies by student. At my univ. we had a lot of kids coming out of high schools where they had been top of their class, and needed to have the wind taken out of their sails a bit (gently, of course)because they weren't as knowledgeable about writing as they thought they were. I was one of them, and it was the best thing my prof. ever did for me. Of course, she also took a lot of extra time to meet with students, explain her criticisms, and help them move forward. I don't know how much it would of helped those of us with residual adolescent writing ego to have 90% praise. but that's just my two cents on pedagogy for the day.
and now i'm going off to ask for an extension on a paper, cuz I so overslept this morning :)