Background

How does writing fluency affect grading for poll responses in Minerva?

How is a grade produced?

• Understanding of reading comprehension, knowledge, writing fluency, and random factors
• Attempt to focus on writing fluency

This project is focused on Minerva because students are writing under stress for poll responses and 80% of them are non-native speakers. As an educational institution, we want to help students achieve success for both native and non-native English speakers.

Although plenty of research has suggested that learning through a second language can be a challenging process, there is still a blurry line as to whether English fluency can bias a professor's grading because of writing complexity and accuracy.

• English fluency → low output writing quality
  • Research: writing anxiety → fluency, accuracy, complexity
• English fluency → less knowledge → low quality output?

Goal of the research:

1. Does writing fluency affect grading?
2. If so, what is the extent of the impact?

Gap Analysis: Focus on Minerva

Most research:

• Minority (often immigrants) for non-native learners under a strong dominant culture.
• Adaptation to a new culture combined with discrimination due to race, social, cultural, and socioeconomic differences.
• Diverse assessments can include participation and oral presentations.
• There is no evidence on the extent of the impact.
• There is no consensus due to institutional differences, resulting in no relationships between Turkish students.

Minerva: