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Papers by Sandra Murphy
Research in The Teaching of English, 2017
Taking the Long View on Writing DevelopmentIn recent decades, our understanding of the complexity... more Taking the Long View on Writing DevelopmentIn recent decades, our understanding of the complexity of writing in its many dimensions and manifestations has grown, with research, for example, on issues such as the psychological processes, social situations, motivations, and selfperceptions of writers. Study populations have included young children, adults in the workplace, the retired, marginalized populations, and people with different language experiences.Yet this knowledge is fragmented along lines of theory, method, age range, or populations studied, with little done to create an integrated picture of writing development as a multidimensional process that continues across the lifespan. Even edited handbooks (e.g., Bazerman, 2008; Beard, Myhill, Nystrand, & Riley, 2009; Knapp, Perrin, Verspoor, Manchon, & Matsuda, 2016; MacArthur, Graham, & Fitzgerald, 2015; Smagorinsky, 2006) with separate chapters discussing different age ranges from different perspectives do little to create dia...
ED249479 - Developmental Trends in the Use of Cues for Establishing the Identity of Referents in ... more ED249479 - Developmental Trends in the Use of Cues for Establishing the Identity of Referents in Written Discourse.
American Institutes For Research, Aug 1, 2013
Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
THIS STUDY examined children's ability to understand the use of deictic terms in oral and wri... more THIS STUDY examined children's ability to understand the use of deictic terms in oral and written language. Three categories of words with deictic content were investigated: pronouns (e.g., I, you), locatives (e.g., this, here), and motion verbs (e.g., come, go). Three groups of second-grade students performed three types of tasks: oral-language tasks, written-language tasks, and picture-selection tasks. Planned comparisons indicated that written-language tasks were more difficult than comparable oral-language tasks, that motion verbs were more difficult for children to interpret, and that children found it more difficult to interpret deictic terms when they were observers than when they were participants in a conversation. Children had as much difficulty interpreting deictic terms in written texts addressed to the reader as in written texts representing quoted dialogue. Factors that contributed to the difficulty children had in interpreting words with deictic content are discussed.
Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
The Clearing House, 1997
... narrowly prescribed-assignment number 1, assignment number 2, and so on-students will have, i... more ... narrowly prescribed-assignment number 1, assignment number 2, and so on-students will have, in Stake's terms, few opportunities to taste the soup ... asking students to make judgments about the relative qual-ity of different pieces of their work (eg, select “a 'best all around' writing ...
The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 1998
... Sandra M. Murphy is a professor in the Division of Edu-cation and the director of CRESS (Cent... more ... Sandra M. Murphy is a professor in the Division of Edu-cation and the director of CRESS (Center for Cooperative Research and Extension Services for Schools) at the Uni-versity of California, Davis. ... Linda Reif (1992) characterizes this kind of evaluation as the “the kind . . . ...
Educational Assessment, 1997
Page 1. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 4(4), 297-333 C:opynght ht 1997, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc... more Page 1. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 4(4), 297-333 C:opynght ht 1997, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc The Impact of Large-Scale Portfolio Assessment Programs on Classroom Practice: Case Studies of the New Standards Field-Trial Portfolio ...
Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the …, 1990
Abstract: Demonstrates how portfolios can be used to motivate students, promote learning through ... more Abstract: Demonstrates how portfolios can be used to motivate students, promote learning through reflection and self-assessment, evaluate and change curriculum, replace or validate tests, and evaluate student writing processes, among other things. Describes the ...
College Composition and Communication, 1984
Topics to be used in essay tests need to be designed with great care because they initiate and di... more Topics to be used in essay tests need to be designed with great care because they initiate and direct the act of writing that produces the sample for evalua-tion. Obviously, a topic stands in dynamic relation to the writer and the piece of writing it evokes. But how, exactly, does it ...
Research in The Teaching of English, 2017
Taking the Long View on Writing DevelopmentIn recent decades, our understanding of the complexity... more Taking the Long View on Writing DevelopmentIn recent decades, our understanding of the complexity of writing in its many dimensions and manifestations has grown, with research, for example, on issues such as the psychological processes, social situations, motivations, and selfperceptions of writers. Study populations have included young children, adults in the workplace, the retired, marginalized populations, and people with different language experiences.Yet this knowledge is fragmented along lines of theory, method, age range, or populations studied, with little done to create an integrated picture of writing development as a multidimensional process that continues across the lifespan. Even edited handbooks (e.g., Bazerman, 2008; Beard, Myhill, Nystrand, & Riley, 2009; Knapp, Perrin, Verspoor, Manchon, & Matsuda, 2016; MacArthur, Graham, & Fitzgerald, 2015; Smagorinsky, 2006) with separate chapters discussing different age ranges from different perspectives do little to create dia...
ED249479 - Developmental Trends in the Use of Cues for Establishing the Identity of Referents in ... more ED249479 - Developmental Trends in the Use of Cues for Establishing the Identity of Referents in Written Discourse.
American Institutes For Research, Aug 1, 2013
Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
THIS STUDY examined children's ability to understand the use of deictic terms in oral and wri... more THIS STUDY examined children's ability to understand the use of deictic terms in oral and written language. Three categories of words with deictic content were investigated: pronouns (e.g., I, you), locatives (e.g., this, here), and motion verbs (e.g., come, go). Three groups of second-grade students performed three types of tasks: oral-language tasks, written-language tasks, and picture-selection tasks. Planned comparisons indicated that written-language tasks were more difficult than comparable oral-language tasks, that motion verbs were more difficult for children to interpret, and that children found it more difficult to interpret deictic terms when they were observers than when they were participants in a conversation. Children had as much difficulty interpreting deictic terms in written texts addressed to the reader as in written texts representing quoted dialogue. Factors that contributed to the difficulty children had in interpreting words with deictic content are discussed.
Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
The Clearing House, 1997
... narrowly prescribed-assignment number 1, assignment number 2, and so on-students will have, i... more ... narrowly prescribed-assignment number 1, assignment number 2, and so on-students will have, in Stake's terms, few opportunities to taste the soup ... asking students to make judgments about the relative qual-ity of different pieces of their work (eg, select “a 'best all around' writing ...
The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 1998
... Sandra M. Murphy is a professor in the Division of Edu-cation and the director of CRESS (Cent... more ... Sandra M. Murphy is a professor in the Division of Edu-cation and the director of CRESS (Center for Cooperative Research and Extension Services for Schools) at the Uni-versity of California, Davis. ... Linda Reif (1992) characterizes this kind of evaluation as the “the kind . . . ...
Educational Assessment, 1997
Page 1. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 4(4), 297-333 C:opynght ht 1997, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc... more Page 1. EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 4(4), 297-333 C:opynght ht 1997, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc The Impact of Large-Scale Portfolio Assessment Programs on Classroom Practice: Case Studies of the New Standards Field-Trial Portfolio ...
Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the …, 1990
Abstract: Demonstrates how portfolios can be used to motivate students, promote learning through ... more Abstract: Demonstrates how portfolios can be used to motivate students, promote learning through reflection and self-assessment, evaluate and change curriculum, replace or validate tests, and evaluate student writing processes, among other things. Describes the ...
College Composition and Communication, 1984
Topics to be used in essay tests need to be designed with great care because they initiate and di... more Topics to be used in essay tests need to be designed with great care because they initiate and direct the act of writing that produces the sample for evalua-tion. Obviously, a topic stands in dynamic relation to the writer and the piece of writing it evokes. But how, exactly, does it ...