Scale Construction of the Learning Process Focusing on “Demonstrative Report Based on Academic Writing”

A survey was conducted for the purpose of creating a scale to measure the learning process of students when engaged with demonstrative report writing. We developed the demonstrative report writing scale DRAW9 （Demonstrative Report based on Academic Writing 9） consisting of two factor-9 items, namely, a regulation strategy factor and a help seeking strategy factor. These were based on a factor analysis of data from 144 college students writing argumentative reports. The scale structure was analyzed in relation to the report thesis. During the report writing activity, the data showed students were more likely to use the help seeking strategy on topics that were not related to their own designated classes than on class-related topics specified by the teacher. We argue the necessity for further research into the practice of social interaction and methodological examination of learning processes.departmental bulletin pape