Cover Image

Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing

Writing for academic purposes can be challenging particularly when it has to be in another language. The objective of this project was to create a useful self-assessment tool to aid ESL undergraduates in writing descriptions of tables and graphs. To meet this objective, the major areas of difficulty...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem, Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani, Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi, Rafik-Galea, Shameem, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah, Md Rashıd, Sabariah, Yong, Mei Fung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Zulia 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/1/Developing%20a%20self-assessment%20guide%20for%20undergraduates.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/
https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/article/view/30273
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.72227
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.722272020-04-19T11:10:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/ Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi Rafik-Galea, Shameem Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Md Rashıd, Sabariah Yong, Mei Fung Writing for academic purposes can be challenging particularly when it has to be in another language. The objective of this project was to create a useful self-assessment tool to aid ESL undergraduates in writing descriptions of tables and graphs. To meet this objective, the major areas of difficulty faced by undergraduates in presenting their research results were qualitatively explored. For this purpose, an intact group of 49 second year undergraduates was selected from a Malaysian public university. They completed an online descriptive writing task. The written samples were analyzed to find the students" areas of difficulty in describing tables and graphs. More specifically, the samples were analyzed for the quality of their content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics and various problems were diagnosed. Additionally, two lecturers were interviewed with a focus on their students" typical problems and their expectations from the students in reporting their final year project results. Finally, in-house assessment of the developed Guide helped the researchers in its further refinement. The results of analysis of the written samples indicated that the students had difficulties in four areas which included describing the selected information, organizing the content, using the appropriate vocabulary correctly, and writing grammatically. Based on the related literature a number of ground rules were set. According to these rules and the students" identified areas of difficulty, a self-assessment guide was developed. The data from the interviews confirmed some of the results of the analysis of the students" written samples. The guide was refined based on the information provided by the lecturers in the interviews and the feedback from the in-house assessment. The guide can be introduced to students who may find it helpful in writing higher quality reports. Universidad del Zulia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/1/Developing%20a%20self-assessment%20guide%20for%20undergraduates.pdf Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem and Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani and Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi and Rafik-Galea, Shameem and Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah and Md Rashıd, Sabariah and Yong, Mei Fung (2018) Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing. Opcion, 34 (spec. 14). 594 - 634. ISSN 1012-1587; ESSN: 2477-9385 https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/article/view/30273
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description Writing for academic purposes can be challenging particularly when it has to be in another language. The objective of this project was to create a useful self-assessment tool to aid ESL undergraduates in writing descriptions of tables and graphs. To meet this objective, the major areas of difficulty faced by undergraduates in presenting their research results were qualitatively explored. For this purpose, an intact group of 49 second year undergraduates was selected from a Malaysian public university. They completed an online descriptive writing task. The written samples were analyzed to find the students" areas of difficulty in describing tables and graphs. More specifically, the samples were analyzed for the quality of their content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics and various problems were diagnosed. Additionally, two lecturers were interviewed with a focus on their students" typical problems and their expectations from the students in reporting their final year project results. Finally, in-house assessment of the developed Guide helped the researchers in its further refinement. The results of analysis of the written samples indicated that the students had difficulties in four areas which included describing the selected information, organizing the content, using the appropriate vocabulary correctly, and writing grammatically. Based on the related literature a number of ground rules were set. According to these rules and the students" identified areas of difficulty, a self-assessment guide was developed. The data from the interviews confirmed some of the results of the analysis of the students" written samples. The guide was refined based on the information provided by the lecturers in the interviews and the feedback from the in-house assessment. The guide can be introduced to students who may find it helpful in writing higher quality reports.
format Article
author Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem
Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani
Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi
Rafik-Galea, Shameem
Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah
Md Rashıd, Sabariah
Yong, Mei Fung
spellingShingle Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem
Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani
Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi
Rafik-Galea, Shameem
Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah
Md Rashıd, Sabariah
Yong, Mei Fung
Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
author_facet Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem
Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani
Mat Hussin, Nur Izyan Syamimi
Rafik-Galea, Shameem
Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah
Md Rashıd, Sabariah
Yong, Mei Fung
author_sort Hossein, Vahid Nimehchisalem
title Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
title_short Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
title_full Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
title_fullStr Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
title_full_unstemmed Developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
title_sort developing a self-assessment guide for undergraduates' report writing
publisher Universidad del Zulia
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/1/Developing%20a%20self-assessment%20guide%20for%20undergraduates.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72227/
https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/article/view/30273
_version_ 1665895992271044608
score 13.211869

Similar Items