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Title: Developing an Integrated Logging Method for Process-Based Assessment and Feedback in Technical Writing.
Authors: Dong, Lin1 (AUTHOR) lindong@uibe.edu.cn
Source: Written Communication. Jul2026, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p668-699. 32p.
Subject Terms: *Writing processes, *Cognitive Strategy Instruction, *Authentic assessment, *Evaluation methodology, Data logging, Report writing, Technical writing
Abstract: Traditional assessments of technical writing privilege final products or task outcomes and provide limited warrant for predicting writing competence across task types and workplace contexts. This article proposes a methodological shift toward process-based assessment, which evaluates the effectiveness of writers' strategic actions during text production using observable process indicators and translates that evaluation into individualized, strategy-focused feedback benchmarked against group norms. To address alphabetic bias and genre/context blindness in keystroke logging, the article develops an integrated logging method for analyzing technical writing processes. To demonstrate feasibility and analytic affordances, it presents a case study adapting Perrin's progression analysis for professional writing: Processes from 24 technical writers were captured and analyzed to generate performance feedback, strategy instruction, and process-based competence measures. By specifying analytic procedures, key process indicators, and principles for inferring writing competence from writing processes, this article advances process-oriented professional writing research and offers a transferable, scalable framework for workplace evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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