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Which Linguistic Features Predict Quality of Argumentative Writing for College Basic Writers, and How Do Those Features Change with Instruction?
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Jennings, Amanda; Philippakos, Zoi A. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The study developed a model of linguistic constructs to predict writing quality for college basic writers and analyzed how those constructs changed following instruction. Analysis used a corpus of argumentative essays from a quasi-experimental, instructional study with 252 students (MacArthur, Philippakos, & Ianetta, 2015) that found large…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation, Writing Achievement