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The Rubric for Scientific Writing: A Tool to Support Both Assessment and Instruction

The Rubric for Scientific Writing: A Tool to Support Both Assessment and Instruction

Katherine Landau Wright, Tracey S. Hodges, Julianne A. Wenner, Erin M. McTigue
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 39
ISBN13: 9781668482629|ISBN10: 1668482622|ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369305485|EISBN13: 9781668482636
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8262-9.ch007
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Wright, Katherine Landau, et al. "The Rubric for Scientific Writing: A Tool to Support Both Assessment and Instruction." Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice, edited by Katherine Landau Wright and Tracey S. Hodges, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 188-226. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8262-9.ch007

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Wright, K. L., Hodges, T. S., Wenner, J. A., & McTigue, E. M. (2023). The Rubric for Scientific Writing: A Tool to Support Both Assessment and Instruction. In K. Wright & T. Hodges (Eds.), Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice (pp. 188-226). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8262-9.ch007

Chicago

Wright, Katherine Landau, et al. "The Rubric for Scientific Writing: A Tool to Support Both Assessment and Instruction." In Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice, edited by Katherine Landau Wright and Tracey S. Hodges, 188-226. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8262-9.ch007

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Abstract

A major challenge of assessing students' science writing derives from the need to simultaneously consider two criteria – scientific argumentation and rhetorical form. This challenge is confounded by a lack of standardized measures for scientific writing. Therefore, this study aimed to create and validate the rubric for scientific writing (RSW), which can be used to provide both formative and summative evaluations of students' scientific writing. Three science teachers and three English/language arts teachers independently used the rubric to score 75 authentic science writing samples from middle and high school classes. The teachers also participated in a focus group to provide in-depth feedback on the strengths, weaknesses, and practical classroom applications of the rubric. Overall, the findings demonstrate that the RSW produces valid and reliable scores of proper scientific argumentation and English rhetoric, which would allow future researchers and teachers to examine how instruction and interventions impact these two aspects of scientific writing.

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