User talk:Thaddeus Niles

Welcome to KNILT! We hope you will contribute much and well. You will probably want to read the [pages]. Again, welcome and have fun! Jz833665 (talk) 20:41, 21 January 2015 (EST)

Instructor comments on your objectives -- Jianwei Zhang (talk) 15:05, 5 March 2015 (EST)

Re. your objectives: 1) identify the parts of an academic introduction, Do you think most of the participants already know this, so it is an entry level skill? This depends on you've found out through your needs assessment and learner analysis.

2) provide a more objective evaluation of an introduction What do you mean by "objective"? Do you mean understand the purpose/function of intro so can assess it in an informed way?

Also, all your objectives are about introduction itself, instead of how to teach students about writing this section.

Instructor comments on your task analysis and unit-level performance objectives -- Jz833665 (talk) 11:09, 7 April 2015 (EDT)

Hi Thad,

Your course level objectives and the curriculum map are clearly presented. Nice work!

A few minor issues for you to reflect on:

1) Course level objectives:

1. identify the parts of an academic introduction 
2. provide a more principled evaluation of an introduction, 
3. explain the differences between effective and ineffective introductions by linking introduction content with natural patterns of thought and the concerns of academic readers.

• objective 1 may be further clarified: identify the parts of an introduction IN AN ACADEMIC ESSAY????

• Should 2 go after 3? This seems to be the sequence shown in your map.

2) The texts in the blue boxes in your map need to be rephrased as unit level objectives: instead of saying "will learn", you will specify the performances/actions showing such learning.