The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of feedback that English as a Second Language (ESL) students received on their writings either from an automated essay scoring (AES) system or from the teacher. The participants were 12 adult ESL students who were attending an intensive English center at a university in Florida. The drafts of the…

Survey responses from 67 Florida directors of adult basic and literacy education (100%) and 145 of 169 Ohio directors indicated that a much larger number of teachers have access to computers than actually use them to teach writing. There is little staff development related to computer use, and funding is a major inhibiting factor. (SK)

This practicum investigated whether using whole language, cooperative learning, CAI, and an authentic audience to create a magazine would help second and third grade students to learn punctuation skills. The practicum was implemented at a private, south Florida summer computer camp to two different target groups of eight elementary students. Both…