A Dynamic Systems Study on Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in English Writing Development by Chinese University Students.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the development of lexical complexity, sentence complexity, accuracy, and fluency in the English writing of 22 Chinese university students from the perspective of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). Compositions were assigned 30 times over the course of one academic year through Pigaiwang, an online platform that automatically evaluates writing. A modified retrodictive modeling approach was adopted. Specifically, a longitudinal cluster analysis was used to examine emergent prototypes. A moving correlation analysis and retrodictive interviews were conducted to study the signature dynamics that produce each prototype. At each collection, the 22 student compositions were classified into two clusters. One cluster contained those students who performed better than ave

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9120842 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature