{"id":16439,"date":"2013-10-21t08:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-21t13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=16439"},"modified":"2013-10-21t10:40:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21t15:40:21","slug":"cft-offers-new-guide-beyond-the-essay-making-student-thinking-visible-in-the-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/10\/cft-offers-new-guide-beyond-the-essay-making-student-thinking-visible-in-the-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"cft offers new guide: &#8220;beyond the essay: making student thinking visible in the humanities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14958\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/08\/from-the-director-2\/sap-logo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"students as producers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14958 alignleft\" title=\"students as producers\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154556\/sap-logo1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a>in august, the cft <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/08\/from-the-director-2\/\">announced a theme for much of our programming this year: <strong>students as producers<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 a new guide written by cft assistant director nancy chick applies this theme to the disciplines in the humanities.<strong> &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/teaching-guides\/assessment\/beyond-the-essay\/\">beyond the essay: making student thinking visible in the humanities<\/a>&#8221; explores assignments that fulfill three goals<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>making student knowledge and knowledge-construction visible,<\/li>\n<li>externalizing  representations of personal understanding, and<\/li>\n<li>having students create,  produce, or perform their own interpretations or conclusions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16446\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/10\/cft-offers-new-guide-beyond-the-essay-making-student-thinking-visible-in-the-humanities\/slide1-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"students as producers quote\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-650x487.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16446 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"students as producers quote\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13-72x53.jpg 72w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27125528\/slide13.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>the guide is divided into two sections. first, formative assignments such as concept maps (or word webs) and word clouds <strong> <\/strong>help reveal students&#8217; <strong>thinking-in-process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>next, there are alternatives to the final essay that effectively fulfill many of the learning goals authentic to the humanities.\u00a0 these summative assignments such as metaphor maps, student anthologies, and poster presentations can <strong>complement the traditional essay assignment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to read the guide, <a title=\"beyond the essay: making student thinking visible in the humanities\" href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/teaching-guides\/assessment\/beyond-the-essay\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in august, the cft announced a theme for much of our programming this year: students as producers.\u00a0 a new guide written by cft assistant director nancy chick applies this theme to the disciplines in the humanities. &#8220;beyond the essay: making student thinking visible in the humanities&#8221; 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