The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature

Writing demands learners’ knowledge and language skills. In the classroom setting, learners are exposed to the art of writing and their performance is measured. This is when teachers use scoring rubrics to evaluate their students’ performance on whether the writing product meets the requirements und...

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Main Authors: Rahmat, Nurhazlini, Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66056/1/GREduc2015-3.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.660562019-01-23T07:11:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66056/ The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature Rahmat, Nurhazlini Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar Writing demands learners’ knowledge and language skills. In the classroom setting, learners are exposed to the art of writing and their performance is measured. This is when teachers use scoring rubrics to evaluate their students’ performance on whether the writing product meets the requirements underlined in the scoring rubric. This paper attempts to highlight relevant literature pertaining to the use of rubrics in measuring ESL learners’ writing performance. The review was done on the basis of content analysis where the relevant data from the selected literature were analysed and the findings were reported based on three segments which are the interpretation and authenticity of scoring, the benefits of scoring rubrics in assessing students’ performance, and the impacts of scoring rubric to teachers’ instruction and students’ learning. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66056/1/GREduc2015-3.pdf Rahmat, Nurhazlini and Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar (2015) The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2015 Seminar, 20 Dec. 2015, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 26-30).
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description Writing demands learners’ knowledge and language skills. In the classroom setting, learners are exposed to the art of writing and their performance is measured. This is when teachers use scoring rubrics to evaluate their students’ performance on whether the writing product meets the requirements underlined in the scoring rubric. This paper attempts to highlight relevant literature pertaining to the use of rubrics in measuring ESL learners’ writing performance. The review was done on the basis of content analysis where the relevant data from the selected literature were analysed and the findings were reported based on three segments which are the interpretation and authenticity of scoring, the benefits of scoring rubrics in assessing students’ performance, and the impacts of scoring rubric to teachers’ instruction and students’ learning.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rahmat, Nurhazlini
Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar
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Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar
The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature
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Mohamed Razali, Abu Bakar
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title The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature
title_short The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature
title_full The use of scoring rubrics in assessing ESL learners' writing performance: a review of literature
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publisher Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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