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Am I Wrong or Am I Right? Gains in Monitoring Accuracy in an Intelligent Tutoring System for Writing
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Download full textAllen, Laura K.; Crossley, Scott A.; Snow, Erica L.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Perret, Cecile; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
We investigated whether students increased their self-assessment accuracy and essay scores over the course of an intervention with a writing strategy intelligent tutoring system, [Writing Pal] (W-Pal). Results indicate that students were able to learn from W-Pal, and that the combination of strategy instruction, game-based practice, and holistic…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Accuracy, Essays
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
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
Quade, Ann M. – 1995
Readily accessible computer technologies including on-line notepads provide new environments for notetaking. This study sought to describe the effects of technology on the notetaking strategies and behaviors of university students. The following questions were addressed: (1) Given a choice, do students prefer taking notes from a computer tutorial…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Tichenor, Stuart – 2001
This paper asserts that all the praise currently being lavished upon computer technology in the writing classroom should be tempered with realistic criticism. In addition to making research easier for students, the Internet makes plagiarism very easy. The author stresses that this plagiarism problem is not limited to the composition classroom, and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Burley, Hansel – 1994
A study was conducted in spring 1991, spring 1993, and summer 1993 to determine the effect on the writing process of various types of word processing software used by developmental and second-level composition students. Analyses were conducted of developmental students (novice writers) and of composition students (above novice writers) at a Texas…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
