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Roscoe, Rod D.; Allen, Laura K.; Johnson, Adam C.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study evaluates high school students' perceptions of automated writing feedback, and the influence of these perceptions on revising, as a function of varying modes of computer-based writing instruction. Findings indicate that students' perceptions of automated feedback accuracy, ease of use, relevance, and understandability were favorable.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Roscoe, Rod D.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
This study investigates students' essay revising in the context of an intelligent tutoring system called "Writing Pal" (W-Pal), which combines strategy instruction, game-based practice, essay writing practice, and automated formative feedback. We examine how high school students use W-Pal feedback to revise essays in two different…
Descriptors: Essays, Revision (Written Composition), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Games
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Crossley, Scott A.; Varner, Laura K.; Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
We present an evaluation of the Writing Pal (W-Pal) intelligent tutoring system (ITS) and the W-Pal automated writing evaluation (AWE) system through the use of computational indices related to text cohesion. Sixty-four students participated in this study. Each student was assigned to either the W-Pal ITS condition or the W-Pal AWE condition. The…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments