Abstract
It is acknowledged that writing strategies are highly important not only for their
usefulness in the process of text production but also for their value as a learning
technique, as they involve the use of cognitive and metacognitive operations.
Various international studies have validated scales to measure their use and
have helped characterize expert and non-expert university writers. However,
regarding specific strategies in Spanish as a mother tongue, further research is
still needed in the context of higher education students. This study aimed to
develop a standardized measurement instrument to identify university students’
use of academic writing strategies according to disciplinary area. The sample
consisted of 290 students from the Humanities and Social Sciences, Health
Sciences, and Engineering from a regional university in Chile. A Likert-type
scale was applied whose design was based on a thorough review of successful
instruments from diferent parts of the world. The results indicate that the
developed instrument is appropriate for higher education contexts and across
diferent disciplinary areas.
usefulness in the process of text production but also for their value as a learning
technique, as they involve the use of cognitive and metacognitive operations.
Various international studies have validated scales to measure their use and
have helped characterize expert and non-expert university writers. However,
regarding specific strategies in Spanish as a mother tongue, further research is
still needed in the context of higher education students. This study aimed to
develop a standardized measurement instrument to identify university students’
use of academic writing strategies according to disciplinary area. The sample
consisted of 290 students from the Humanities and Social Sciences, Health
Sciences, and Engineering from a regional university in Chile. A Likert-type
scale was applied whose design was based on a thorough review of successful
instruments from diferent parts of the world. The results indicate that the
developed instrument is appropriate for higher education contexts and across
diferent disciplinary areas.
| Translated title of the contribution | Estrategias de escritura académica en estudiantes universitarios de tres áreas disciplinares: diseño y validación de un instrumento |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Article number | 1600497 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Education |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1600497 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2025 |
