Outcomes in Process: Setting Standards for Language Use

By Roseanne Y. DeFabio

Outcomes in Process responds to the growing national concern with setting standards for students' academic achievement. It proposes a set of language outcomes based on the belief that language is purposeful, social, and dynamic and that proficiency increases as one uses language to make meaning in ever-broadening contexts. These language outcomes can serve as a focus for curriculum, instruction, and assessment in secondary school. Outcomes in Process will guide new and experienced teachers as they reflect on their practice and consider how their curricular choices, instructional strategies, and assessment measures contribute to students' developing language proficiency. Roseanne DeFabio has gathered the best thinking of language scholars and the best practices of language users and teachers. The result is not a recipe for teachers to follow but a conversation for reflective practitioners to join. Intended especially for English teachers, the book is also valuable for teachers across the curriculum who care about their students' language abilities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867093412
• ISBN13: 9780867093414
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.5" x 6.0"
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12