Student Academic Writing Knowledge and Skills or Student Academic Writing Competence in Indonesia

Abstract

This study discusses academic writing in terms of competence. Knowledge and skills are elements of competence. Revised Bloom's educational taxonomy written by Lorin W. Anderson and David W. Krathwohl used to discuss academic writing knowledge. Objective tests are used to capture students' knowledge of academic writing. Interviews were used to capture students' academic writing skills. Factual knowledge was found: students can mention the contents of the bibliography based on the elements that have been determined by various styles of writing. Conceptual knowledge: students can recognize the requirements for choosing a topic, categorized students can recognize the requirements for choosing a topic. Procedural knowledge: students can carry out bibliography writing procedures based on various versions categorized students can carry out bibliography writing procedures based on various styles, namely APA style, ASA style, Chicago style and MLA Style. Metacognitive knowledge: students can use mnemonic strategies to memorize the contents of the bibliography based on the elements that have been determined by various writing styles. ASA style, Chicago style and MLA Style.