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Direct linkJohnson, William F.; Stellmack, Mark A.; Barthel, Abigail L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
Electronic feedback given via word-processing software (e.g., track changes in Microsoft Word) allows for a simple way to provide feedback to students during the drafting process. Research has mostly focused on student attitudes toward electronic feedback, with little investigation of how feedback format might affect the quality of instructor…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments, Educational Technology
Mogey, Nora; Paterson, Jessie; Burk, John; Purcell, Michael – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2010
Students at the University of Edinburgh do almost all their work on computers, but at the end of the semester they are examined by handwritten essays. Intuitively it would be appealing to allow students the choice of handwriting or typing, but this raises a concern that perhaps this might not be "fair"--that the choice a student makes,…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Essay Tests, Interrater Reliability, Grading
Hartley, James; Trueman, Mark; Betts, Lucy; Brodie, Lauren – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
The marks awarded to 130 second year undergraduate word processed essays were assessed in relation to their use of different typographic features. By and large most of these features had little effect on the essay grades. However, essays printed in 12-point type gained significantly higher marks (mean = 56.8) than essays printed in 10-point type…
Descriptors: Essays, Word Processing, Grades (Scholastic), Undergraduate Students
