The study analyzed a national sample of 2.061 writing samples of 687 fourth grade Chilean students who participated in a national writing evaluation in 2008. Three genres―story, request letter and news story―were evaluated by disaggregated rubrics created for this purpose with five criteria: adaptation to the communicative situation, coherence, cohesion, text structure and punctuation, in addition to a global assessment. The results indicate that there are significant differences in performance according to the dimension and genre evaluated. The highest levels were found in coherence and text structure and the lowest levels in cohesion. Coherence was higher in the story, while text ...
Since 2010, efforts have been made in Chile to support students’ writing skills development, in orde...
The writing test of the Third Comparative and Explanatory Study implemented by the Latin American La...
This paper aims to describe the characteristics of an analytic rating scale that was used to assess ...
This report describes a mixed-methods study comparing the writing performance of 60 EFL students in ...
Few studies have addressed vocabulary quality in developing writing skill in Spanish. Even less addr...
This paper aims to analyze the form that takes the writing assessment in two campaigns that explore ...
SUMARIO Editorial. Sección especial: Entrevista Los intelectuales, la democracia y la ...
La escritura es una tarea que conlleva una alta demanda cognitiva y lingüística, cuya dificultad se ...
The assessment of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing is a complex activity that is subject ...
Collentine (2004) raises the question of whether students experience substantial improvement with re...
This study examines feedback provided by an English teacher to Chilean secondary student texts, in t...
The study aims to analyze the relationship between six measures of syntactic complexity (MCS) and th...
En esta investigación se pretendía explorar la existencia de diferencias de género en la calidad de ...
This article is derived from an investigation that aimed to identify the beliefs about learning and ...
El estudio explora la capacidad de estudiantes de tres niveles de escolaridad -5º Básico, Iº Medio y...
Since 2010, efforts have been made in Chile to support students’ writing skills development, in orde...
The writing test of the Third Comparative and Explanatory Study implemented by the Latin American La...
This paper aims to describe the characteristics of an analytic rating scale that was used to assess ...
This report describes a mixed-methods study comparing the writing performance of 60 EFL students in ...
Few studies have addressed vocabulary quality in developing writing skill in Spanish. Even less addr...
This paper aims to analyze the form that takes the writing assessment in two campaigns that explore ...
SUMARIO Editorial. Sección especial: Entrevista Los intelectuales, la democracia y la ...
La escritura es una tarea que conlleva una alta demanda cognitiva y lingüística, cuya dificultad se ...
The assessment of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing is a complex activity that is subject ...
Collentine (2004) raises the question of whether students experience substantial improvement with re...
This study examines feedback provided by an English teacher to Chilean secondary student texts, in t...
The study aims to analyze the relationship between six measures of syntactic complexity (MCS) and th...
En esta investigación se pretendía explorar la existencia de diferencias de género en la calidad de ...
This article is derived from an investigation that aimed to identify the beliefs about learning and ...
El estudio explora la capacidad de estudiantes de tres niveles de escolaridad -5º Básico, Iº Medio y...
Since 2010, efforts have been made in Chile to support students’ writing skills development, in orde...
The writing test of the Third Comparative and Explanatory Study implemented by the Latin American La...
This paper aims to describe the characteristics of an analytic rating scale that was used to assess ...