An Argument-based Validity Inquiry into the Empirically-derived Descriptor-based Diagnostic (EDD) Assessment in ESL Academic Writing

This study built and supported arguments for the use of diagnostic assessment in English as a second language (ESL) academic writing. In the two-phase study, a new diagnostic assessment scheme, called the Empirically-derived Descriptor-based Diagnostic (EDD) checklist, was developed and validated fo...

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Main Author: Kim, Youn-Hee
Other Authors: Jang, Eunice
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24786