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New York Excelsior is an American esports team founded in 2017 that competes in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Excelsior began playing competitive Overwatch in the 2018 season . All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.
In 2010, Thaiss and Porter defined WAC as "a program or initiative used to 'assist teachers across disciplines in using student writing as an instructional tool in their teaching'". [1] WAC, then, is a programmatic effort to introduce multiple instructional uses of writing beyond assessment. [2]
The Excelsior first OWL regular season match was on January 11, 2018, and resulted in a 3–1 win over the Boston Uprising. [6] They ended Stage 1 of the 2018 season with a 9–1 record, earning them the top spot and first-round bye in the Stage 1 Playoffs. [7] However, the team lost in the finals to the London Spitfire, 3–2. [8]
The process theory of composition (hereafter referred to as "process") is a field of composition studies that focuses on writing as a process rather than a product. Based on Janet Emig's breakdown of the writing process, [1] the process is centered on the idea that students determine the content of the course by exploring the craft of writing using their own interests, language, techniques ...
An Online Writing Lab (OWL) is often an extension of a university writing center. Online writing labs offer help to students and other writers by providing literacy materials, such as handouts and slide presentations. Writers may also submit questions electronically for feedback. Many OWLs are open to people unaffiliated with the specific ...
A rubric is a tool used in writing assessment that can be used in several writing contexts. A rubric consists of a set of criteria or descriptions that guides a rater to score or grade a writer. The origins of rubrics can be traced to early attempts in education to standardize and scale writing in the early 20th century.
Prewriting is the first stage of the writing process, typically followed by drafting, revision, editing and publishing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prewriting can consist of a combination of outlining , diagramming, storyboarding, and clustering (for a technique similar to clustering, see mindmapping ).
Peer assessment, or self-assessment, is a process whereby students or their peers grade assignments or tests based on a teacher's benchmarks. [1] The practice is employed to save teachers time and improve students' understanding of course materials as well as improve their metacognitive skills.