APSU's QEP - Peay Composed
Peay Composed is designed to improve students’ writing outcomes across the curriculum and will launch in the Fall 2024 semester. It consists of various activities and initiatives that support students’ writing, metacognition, and self-regulation, culminating in implementing innovative and effective pedagogical approaches and integrated student support resources to teach and assess writing in Peay Composed courses.
The essential components of Peay Composed include:
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Faculty communities of practice
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Integrating student support resources and pedagogical best practices in Peay Composed courses
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Developing and implementing various institutional initiatives, all designed to support the student learning outcomes of Peay Composed.
Student Learning Outcomes
The writer presents a clear thesis or focus that is consistent throughout the work.
The writer fully develops ideas using support appropriate to the genre and/or purpose for writing (such as research, sources, data, personal experience, analysis, or obersvation).
The writer clearly organizes ideas throughout the work. Metacongnition and Self-Regulations
Students will strengthen their time management skills related to the writing process.
Students will demonstrate a willingness to seek out student support services integrated into the QEP course.
Peay Composed courses are taught by faculty who have participated in a community of practice where they have thoughtfully reflected on the course, the learning outcomes, and ways they can better support students with their course writing assignments. Through this process, faculty will develop a pedagogical action plan to help students.
Peay Composed has a variety of institutional initiatives that support student writing. These include drop-in writing support and study events during the semester that are both fun and academically supportive. Peay Composed aims to showcase good student writing and good faculty practices while destigmatizing student support and help-seeking by promoting the value of peer review and revision.
For more details on Peay Composed, view the full QEP proposal.