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Process Features in Writing: Internal Structure and Incremental Value Over Product Features CBAL

Author(s):
Zhang, Mo; Deane, Paul
Publication Year:
2015
Report Number:
RR-15-27
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
14
Subject/Key Words:
Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL), Writing Process, Keystroke Log, Factor Structure, Value

Abstract

The limited power of the writing process features for predicting human scores and the lack of clear additional predictive value over product features are not surprising given that the human raters have no knowledge of the writing process leading to the final text and that the product features measure the basic text quality specified in the human scoring rubric. Study limitations and recommendation for future research are also provided.

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