The fully published article has more information, but here is the abbreviated answer to the question:
- Students’ reflections reveal how they perceive themselves as writers and their understanding of college writing expectations.
- Analysis of over half a million words from student survey responses provides insights into potential tensions between students’ and institutions’ views on academic writing.
- The study highlights the importance of considering both placement decisions and the qualitative aspects of student self-assessments in understanding SSP’s broader impact.
- Corpus data can be a valuable tool for exploring the alignment or misalignment between student self-perceptions and institutional expectations in a self-placement ecology.
The published paper can be found here.
Citation Tinkle, T., Godfrey, J., Hammond, J. W., Moos, A., & College, C. (2024). Self-Characterization in the Self-Placement Assessment Ecology.