Assessment of Writing Skills: Thesis
Findings
For each of the four assignments, there were a total of 16 papers, each of which was read by 2 readers, yielding a total of 32 scores for each assignment. The table below summarizes the results of the data by assignment, by thesis level, and for the entire semester.
|
|
Thesis 1 |
Thesis 2 |
Thesis 3 |
Thesis 4 |
Thesis 5 |
Average Thesis Score |
|
Essay I |
11 |
17 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1.81 |
|
Essay II |
2 |
17 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
2.53 |
|
Essay III |
2 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3.16 |
|
Essay IV |
0 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3.22 |
|
All Essays |
12% |
39% |
24% |
20% |
5% |
2.68 |
A visual representation of these findings follows, with the overall improvement in the thesis-writing ability of the whole class for the semester plotted on a line graph, where the x-axis represents the assignment number and the y-axis represents the aggregate class score based on the scores submitted by two readers.
