This is an article from the November issue of Campus Technology Magazine called "Is Tech Changing the Way Students Write?" Some educators believe that it is, but not for the better. Because students read online material in a more superficial fashion, their writing tends to reflect that same level of superficiality according to Naomi Baron, Executive Director for the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning at American University and author of the forthcoming book from Oxford University Press...
Next spring, seniors at about 200 U.S. colleges will take a new test that could prove more important to their future than final exams: an SAT-like assessment that aims to cut through grade-point averages and judge students' real value to employers.
The test, called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, "provides an objective, benchmarked report card for critical thinking skills," said David Pate, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at St. John Fisher College, a small liberal-arts school near...
