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Please evaluate the unit on the analytical paragraph as a means for (1) assisting your instruction of other units in this course and (2) providing information that will help your instructor to improve materials and teaching of those materials in later semesters.

Please place an appropriate number beside each statement based upon the following criteria:

5 - strongly agree
4 - agree
3 - not sure
2 - disagree
1 - strongly disagree [blank] - no opinion/not applicable

_____ 1. The objectives for your learning in this unit are clear.
_____ 2. You have been able to recognize that writing is a process involving the generation of ideas, drafting, revising, and editing.
_____ 3. You have been able to use these elements of the writing process appropriately.
_____ 4. You can set appropriate priorities at each point in the writing process.
_____ 5. You can adapt your writing process to different time constraints, such as a class period, several weeks, a semester.
_____ 6. You can write for a variety of audiences, not just your instructor.
_____ 7. You can write for a variety of purposes.
_____ 8. You can adapt your language, sentence structure, and organization to fit the audience, purpose, and topic of the writing task.
_____ 9. You can support your ideas with details (illustrations, examples, descriptions) that will make them clear to your readers.
_____ 10. In your writing, you now demonstrate a sense of personal voice and style and can vary it appropriately.
_____ 11. You can now produce effective and mature papers of several paragraphs.
_____ 12. You can identify the main ideas and supporting details in a variety of reading selections, ranging from student to professional works.
_____ 13. You can now analyze how the work of student and professional writers achieves the writer's purpose.
_____ 14. You can produce writing based upon your synthesis of written material with your own knowledge and opinions.
_____ 15. You can locate and evaluate sources for writing tasks.
_____ 16. You can perform preliminary research skills: summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, and documenting information.
_____ 17. You can analyze, question, and reflect on ideas.
_____ 18. You understand the relationship between oral and writ- ten communication.
_____ 19. You have developed confidence in yourself as a writer.
_____ 20. You understand the value of writing in your life as a way to learn, record, communicate, and understand.
_____ 21. You are more aware of your own writing process.
_____ 22. The instruction for each assignment was clear.
_____ 23. Classroom instruction was clear and thorough.
_____ 24. Your instructor cares about your individual writing.
_____ 25. You have learned specific writing techniques that you will feel comfortable using in other courses.
_____ 26. Comments on papers returned have helped you to improve as a writer.
_____ 27. Revision of some assignment(s) have helped you to improve as a writer.
_____ 28. Conversation between you and your instructor has been helpful in clarifying problems in your writing.
_____ 29. You have felt free to ask your instructor for assistance.
_____ 30. Your instructor makes you want to improve as a writer.
_____ 31. Audio-visual aids that your instructor used in this unit helped to clarify writing principles. _____ 32. The Learning Skills Center staff has provided helpful assistance in clarifying assignments and problems in your writing.
_____ 33. Circle the appropriate letter:

Overall, instruction in this course

a. exceeded your expectations.
b. met your expectations.
c. needs improvement.
d. failed to meet your educational needs.

Please use the space below to respond to the following questions:

(1) What has been the strongest feature of this unit?

(2) What has been the weakest feature of this unit?

(3) What would you suggest as an improvement for this unit?

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