Comprehensive Planning . Committee Report . One of the difficulties universities and colleges sometimes encounter in establishing off-campus study programs, deals with the measurement of learning. The Field Book, if done in a thoughtful way, can present a useful solution to the assessment problem. More importantly, we have implemented the Field Book because writing is one of the deepest and most precise measure of experience.
Writing is different than thinking or talking.
What is arrived at by writing can be achieved by no other means. Writing slows down the mind so that we can examine what we actually feel, think, or believe. Writing allows us to pause to examine in detail. In our search for the right word, phrase or image, our vision sharpens. Moreover, writing allows us to formulate thoughts and images of our experience in order to clearly communicate them to others.