Traduction et Langues
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 136-148
2011-12-31

Scoring Academic Writing From Subjectivity To Objectivity: A Scale For Evaluating Students' Written Product

Authors : Jaber Abu Shawish .

Abstract

Some of the well known scoring scales are time consuming, others mainly depend on the scorer's impression wich is not always accurate. the researcher here made a hybrid of both the holistic and analytic scoring scales and developed it to suit academic writing. the rubric was refreed by a group of specialists who assured its validity.

Keywords

holistic and analytic scoring scales - subjectivity - objectivity- academic writing