Student Survey of the Writing Fellows Program

Your responses to this survey will provide accurate data by which the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee can effectively assess the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Program’s strengths and weaknesses. Thank you for your support and input.

This survey is designed to be anonymous, unless you wish to qualify for a $25 gift certificate to the UR Bookstore. If you do provide your name and e-mail address, they will not be shared with anyone other than the individuals from the WAC committee who will randomly select a winner and who will compile the survey results.

Writing Fellows Program: General Issues

1. When, and how often, have you worked with a Writing Fellow? Check all that apply:

This semester
Previous semester(s)

In how many classes have you worked with Writing Fellows?

For your most recent class with Fellows:

2. For how many papers did you have a conference with your Writing Fellow?

3 . How obligated to attend these conferences did you feel? Use the scale below.

4 . Use the scale below to describe your papers as first seen by your Writing Fellow.

For your most recent class with Fellows: How helpful was commentary by the Writing Fellow in each category?

5. Organization and development of topic in your paper:

6. Mechanics (spelling, punctuation, grammar) in your paper:

For your most recent class with Fellows: How helpful were your conferences with the Writing Fellow in each category?

7. Organization and development of topic in your paper:

8. Mechanics (spelling, punctuation, grammar) in your paper:

For your most recent class with Fellows: After working with the Writing Fellow, to what extent did you make the following categories of revision?

9. Thesis or controlling idea:

10. Reorganization / structure of entire project:

11. Changes within paragraphs:

12. Changes in individual sentences:

13. Minor editing (spelling, typos, commas, etc)

II. Other Writing in any class that included Writing Fellows:
If you were required to complete any of the following additional types of writing assignments, please check the appropriate buttons.

14. Essay exams

15. In-class writing

16. Group assignments

17. Questions about reading assignments

18. Journals

19. Lab write-ups

20. Newsgroups, online discussion boards, e-mail

21. How much did these other writing assignments enhance your learning?

22. Thanks for your participation! If you would like to qualify for the $25 gift certificate from the UR Bookstore, please enter your name and e-mail address: