Revalidating a Writing Strategy Scale for Undergraduate Students: A Fuzzy Delphi Approach

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to get expert consensus and comments on the Writing Strategy Scale for undergraduate students. The general consensus is that students who write in a language other than their mother tongue frequently struggle with coherence, consistency, syntax, and word choice. The Fuzzy Delphi approach is used in this study to collect information from 5 experts from Malaysian public institutions utilising a 7-expert scale. Experts are people who have put in the effort to earn their credentials, training, experience, professional membership, and peer recognition. The questionnaire consists of 29 items on the writing strategies used by undergraduate students. For data analysis, Fuzzy Delphi approach Logic Software (FUDELO) was employed. A triangular fuzzy number and a rating of the defuzzification procedure for each construct element were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study and expert consensus indicate that the Agreement's Value is adequate. This confirms that the Writing Strategy Scale items for undergraduate students were highly regarded by experts. The components that the experts agreed on in consensus are organized in order of importance. Thus, researchers were able to offer a fundamental framework for adopting writing strategies for learners in general and undergraduates specifically.