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Research Article

Diagnosing English learners’ writing skills: A cognitive diagnostic modeling study

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Article: 1608007 | Received 01 Feb 2019, Accepted 11 Apr 2019, Published online: 13 May 2019

Figures & data

Figure 1. Illustration of a Q-matrix of 4items by 4 sub-skills.

Figure 1. Illustration of a Q-matrix of 4items by 4 sub-skills.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the items

Figure 2. Variable maps of the data.

Figure 2. Variable maps of the data.

Table 2. Item parameters estimated by RUM in round one

Table 3. Item parameters estimated by RUM in round two

Figure 3. Learners’ estimated general ability against their model-expected values.

Figure 3. Learners’ estimated general ability against their model-expected values.

Figure 4. Proportion of masters vs non-masters per each item.

Figure 4. Proportion of masters vs non-masters per each item.

Table 4. Proportion of masters and non-masters, Cohen’s Kappa, and TRC

Table 5. Number of correct patterns MISclassified by number of sub-skills

Table 6. Average ability scores of learners on the defined sub-skills

Appendix A. Selected Prompts

Appendix B. The First EDD Checklist Applied to Assess Students’ Essays

Appendix C. The modified version of Kim’s (2011) EDD Writing Checklist for the EFL context