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Wang, Elaine Lin; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard; Litman, Diane; Zhang, Haoran; Howe, Emily; Magooda, Ahmed; Quintana, Rafael – Grantee Submission, 2020
We investigate students' implementation of the feedback messages they received in an automated writing evaluation system ("eRevise") that aims to improve students' use of text evidence in their writing. Seven 5th and 6th-grade teachers implemented "eRevise" (n = 143 students). Qualitative analysis of students' essays across…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Computer Software, Grade 5
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Zhang, H.; Magooda, A.; Litman, D.; Correnti, R.; Wang, E.; Matsumura, L. C.; Howe, E.; Quintana, R. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Writing a good essay typically involves students revising an initial paper draft after receiving feedback. We present eRevise, a web-based writing and revising environment that uses natural language processing features generated for rubric-based essay scoring to trigger formative feedback messages regarding students' use of evidence in…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Essays, Writing (Composition), Revision (Written Composition)
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Foxworth, Lauren L.; Hashey, Andrew; Sukhram, Diana P. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
In an age when students are increasingly expected to demonstrate technology-based writing proficiency, fluency challenges with word processing programs can pose a barrier to successful writing when students are asked to compose using these tools. The current study was designed to determine whether differences existed in typing fluency and digital…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Word Processing
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Stepney, Cesalie T.; Elias, Maurice J.; Epstein, Yakov M. – Journal of Character Education, 2015
The study explored whether aspects of elementary students' writing about their personal values could predict if students were considered more at risk or more resilient. Essays from 176 fifth-grade students (79.54% African American, 20.46% Hispanic) from a low-income, urban district in New Jersey were analyzed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Resilience (Psychology), Self Concept, Interpersonal Competence
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Butler, Kyle A.; Lumpe, Andrew – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
This study was designed to theoretically articulate and empirically assess the role of computer scaffolds. In this project, several examples of educational software were developed to scaffold the learning of students performing high level cognitive activities. The software used in this study, Artemis, focused on scaffolding the learning of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Grade 5, Science Instruction, Pretests Posttests