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Tapan Kumar Pradhan; Ajit Kumar – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2023
Many reputable academic journals have retracted research papers from Indian researchers because of plagiarism. The University Grant Commission, a representative organisation of the Indian government, is diligently endeavouring to ensure academic integrity by applying stringent guidelines. The present study aims to find the potential causes of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Plagiarism, Research Reports
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Diem Thi Ngoc Hoang; Thinh Hoang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible effects of conducting regular collaborative activities via Google Docs on English academic writing skills. Utilising a mixed methods design, this study was conducted with 24 Vietnamese high school students who participated in a fully online English as a foreign language (EFL) course in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Academic Language, Writing Skills
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Crossley, Scott; Wan, Qian; Allen, Laura; McNamara, Danielle – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Synthesis writing is widely taught across domains and serves as an important means of assessing writing ability, text comprehension, and content learning. Synthesis writing differs from other types of writing in terms of both cognitive and task demands because it requires writers to integrate information across source materials. However, little is…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Cognitive Processes, Essays, Cues
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Yee, Tay San; Li, Phang Biao – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
Academic writing is a key determinant to be successful in higher education institutions, and graduation requirements often involve students producing theses and dissertations using academic writing skills after conducting research. The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected pre-service teachers' learning in higher education institutions, and with…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Concept Mapping, Computer Software
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Ying-Hsueh Cheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
Many students who study English as a foreign language (EFL) often find it challenging to paraphrase while writing from source texts. Lacking such an ability can lead to different meanings as well as copying another person's ideas, words or work. However, little research has been done to integrate tool consultation to assist students in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
Crossley, Scott; Wan, Qian; Allen, Laura; McNamara, Danielle – Grantee Submission, 2021
Synthesis writing is widely taught across domains and serves as an important means of assessing writing ability, text comprehension, and content learning. Synthesis writing differs from other types of writing in terms of both cognitive and task demands because it requires writers to integrate information across source materials. However, little is…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Cognitive Processes, Essays, Cues
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Sujannah, Wahyu Diny; Cahyono, Bambang Yudi; Astuti, Utari Praba – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
A lot of studies have shown that the integration of the Internet in the teaching process in the classroom, or commonly called 'blended learning,' improves EFL students' writing ability. Nonetheless, the effect of blended learning using Google Classroom on EFL students' writing ability by considering autonomy levels has not been conducted yet.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lin, Vivien; Barrett, Neil E.; Liu, Gi-Zen; Chen, Nian-Shing; Jong, Morris Siu-Yung – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
The field of language education has experienced a rise in using virtual reality (VR) to support interactive, contextualized, and collaborative language learning in recent years. The current study investigates the effects of auditory, visual, and textual input on speaking and writing in English for Tourism Purposes (ETP) through immersive,…
Descriptors: Tourism, English for Special Purposes, Undergraduate Students, Computer Simulation
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Khoshsima, Hooshang; Zare-Behtash, Esmail; Khosravani, Mahboobeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The main concern of most researchers in the field of second and foreign language teaching is lessening the problems and eliminating the hinders on the way of learning a language. Writing is considered as one of the most challenging and complicated tasks for learners to perform particularly when they have to write in a second or foreign language.…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This article reports the results of a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach to explore the impact of online peer-editing using Google Docs and peer-editing in a face-to-face classroom on EFL learners' academic writing skills. As the study adopted a quasi-experimental design, two intact classes, each with ten EFL learners, attending an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Skills
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Racicot, Rose – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of multimedia writing support software on the quality and quantity of writing productivity and self-perception for students who have mild to moderate developmental delays. Participants in this study included 22 special education students in grades kindergarten through 6. Methodology included a…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Writing Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Prescott, Lynda – Open Learning, 2016
For students new to higher education, the task of developing their academic writing skills, and particularly the principles and practices of source-referencing, can be daunting. Although institutions and teachers can and do provide positive guidance on this score, all too often students veer into inadvertent plagiarism through lack of confidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Open Universities, Writing Instruction
White, Sheida; Kim, Young Yee; Chen, Jing; Liu, Fei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This study examined whether or not fourth-graders could fully demonstrate their writing skills on the computer and factors associated with their performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) computer-based writing assessment. The results suggest that high-performing fourth-graders (those who scored in the upper 20 percent…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Writing Tests, Grade 4
Naeem, Marwa Ahmed Refat – Online Submission, 2007
The current study aims at investigating the effect of a suggested CALL program on developing EFL learners' mechanics of writing in English. An unbiased simple random sample of eighty fourth-year students (2006/2007) of the English Department at the Faculty of Education in Kafr El-Sheikh has been chosen to carry out the experiment. Forty students…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Punctuation, Computer Assisted Instruction
Shaver, James P. – 1986
The Writing-Aid and Author's Helper (WANDAH) computer writing system, funded by the Utah State Office of Education Productivity Program, was used successfully in the Logan High School in the 1984-85 school year. Seven additional project were funded to replicate the Logan project throughout Utah during 1985-86. The main objective of the projects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Pretests Posttests, Principals