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Andrew Potter; Mitchell Shortt; Maria Goldshtein; Rod D. Roscoe – Grantee Submission, 2025
Broadly defined, academic language (AL) is a set of lexical-grammatical norms and registers commonly used in educational and academic discourse. Mastery of academic language in writing is an important aspect of writing instruction and assessment. The purpose of this study was to use Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to examine the extent to…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Natural Language Processing, Grammar, Vocabulary Skills
Kathryn S. McCarthy; Rod D. Roscoe; Laura K. Allen; Aaron D. Likens; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2022
The benefits of writing strategy feedback are well established. This study examined the extent to which adding spelling and grammar checkers support writing and revision in comparison to providing writing strategy feedback alone. High school students (n = 119) wrote and revised six persuasive essays in Writing Pal, an automated writing evaluation…
Descriptors: High School Students, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Computer Software
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
Joshua Wilson; Cristina Ahrendt; Emily A. Fudge; Alexandria Raiche; Gaysha Beard; Charles A. MacArthur – Grantee Submission, 2021
The present study used a focus group methodology to qualitatively explore elementary writing teachers' attitudes and experiences using an automated writing evaluation (AWE) system called MI Write as part of a districtwide implementation of MI Write in Grades 3-5 in 14 elementary schools. We used activity theory as a theoretical framework to answer…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction
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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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Martin, Kit; Lam, Eva – Grantee Submission, 2020
Transnational youth use digital media to affiliate with diverse cultural and linguistic practices, as demonstrated through the use of multiple languages and hybrid linguistic codes, media genres and multimodal expressions in the youths' online communication and writing (Black, 2009; Domingo, 2014; Kim, 2016). This study introduces a learning…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Information Technology, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language)
Roscoe, Rod D.; Wilson, Joshua; Johnson, Adam C.; Mayra, Christopher R. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) is a popular form of educational technology designed to supplement writing instruction and feedback, yet research on the effectiveness of AWE has observed mixed findings. The current study considered how students' perceptions of automated essay scoring and feedback influenced their writing performance, revising…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)