I take "formatting" errors to mean errors in MLA style typing (all 
double-spaced, one-inch margins, etc.). Most high school teachers do not 
teach this--heck, most high school (even ENGLISH) teachers do not know that 
"essay" means more than one paragraph! They don't know that names DON'T go 
on the top right of the paper, etc. I am assuming that this is why they have 
to teach this in education courses.

When I was teaching college comp, I simply made up a list of instructions 
("Operations," I called them) for keying papers in Word in MLA style. It was 
a simple matter, then, to create a rubric of errors, both formatting and 
grammar/usage/style errors.

Helene Hoover


>From: Martha Kolln <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar              
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>Subject: Re: Rubric for Grammar for Education Majors
>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:44:37 -0500
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>Hi Mary,
>
>Am I correct in assuming that the professor wants to know the kinds of 
>errors that students should avoid in their written assignments? (I don't 
>know what "formatting issues" refers to.)
>
>Surely professors in other departments are no different from those in 
>Teacher Ed, are they?  Don't most professors look for cogent, well-reasoned 
>arguments presented with appropriate diction in standard written English 
>that follow the accepted rules for punctuation and mechanics.
>
>Or does the question refer to the kind of grammatical knowledge that their 
>students, the future teachers, should have in guiding their future 
>students?
>
>Martha
>
>
>
>
>>Hello All,
>>An education professor asked me if I would help him
>>form a rubric that he could share with others in the
>>Teacher Education department here.  They want to give
>>this sheet out in ed classes so that students will
>>know the kinds of grammatical/formatting issues
>>professors care about.  Anyone have anything like
>>this?
>>Thank you,
>>Mary Murray
>>
>>
>>
>>Mary M. Murray, Ph.D.
>>Director, Writing Center and WAC
>>Cleveland State University
>>2121 Euclid Avenue
>>Cleveland, OH 44115
>>216-687-6982     fax:  216-687-6943
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>>
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