Original paper
Which linguistic features predict quality of argumentative writing for college basic writers, and how do those features change with instruction?
Abstract
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 effects (ES = 1.22) on quality of argumentative writing. Coh-Metrix (McNamara, Graesser, McCarthy, & Cai,...
Paper Details
Title
Which linguistic features predict quality of argumentative writing for college basic writers, and how do those features change with instruction?
Published Date
May 11, 2018
Journal
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pages
1553 - 1574
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