Abstract

CALLE-ALVAREZ, Gerzon Yair  and  CHAVERRA-FERNANDEZ, Dora Inés. Assessing the Production of Academic Texts in a Digital Writing Center. Folios [online]. 2020, n.52, pp.135-153.  Epub Dec 20, 2020. ISSN 0123-4870.

In the study oriented to the design and implementation of two Online Writing Centers (owc) in high education, the evaluation of the quality of written texts was a key component as a supporting strategy for the students' learning process and as a validation criterion on the operation of the owc. This research article focuses on the results of the evaluation of the quality of the texts produced by the students within the framework of an intrinsic and collective case study. The researchers used a scale to assess the quality of academic writing. The sample consisted of 23 texts, 19 from a public educational institution and 3 from a private one. The results show: 1) that the twelve indicators used allow to determine the scriptural quality of a digital or analog academic text (Cronbach's Alpha 0,822), and, 2) the scale is functional in terms of the didactic mediation in the activities of the owc (tutoring and workshops). In conclusion, the results allow decisions to be made regarding how to improve academic tutoring processes considering the types of texts and the indicators of writing quality. In turn, the scale is a tool for the evaluation of textual, diagnostic, formative, summative or self-assessment production activities.

Keywords : teaching resources center; secondary education; writing; evaluation; information technology.

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