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Direct linkMads Paludan Goddiksen; Mikkel Willum Johansen; Anna Catharina Vieira Armond; Mateja Centa; Christine Clavien; Eugenijus Gefenas; Nóra Kovács; Marcus Tang Merit; I. Anna S. Olsson; Margarita Poškute; Júlio Borlido Santos; Rita Santos; Vojko Strahovnik; Orsolya Varga; P. J. Wall; Peter Sandøe; Thomas Bøker Lund – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2024
Text-matching software (TMS) is a standard part of efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism in upper secondary and higher education. While there are many studies on the potential benefits of using this technology, few studies look into potential unintended side effects. These side effects include students worrying about being accused of plagiarism…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Secondary School Students, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students
Anouk ten Peze; Tanja Janssen; Gert Rijlaarsdam; Daphne van Weijen – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
To investigate whether a creative writing unit in upper secondary education would improve students' creative as well as argumentative text quality and to examine whether it would change students' writing behavior, we tested a creative writing unit based on encouraging writing in flow by using divergent thinking tasks. Four classes (Grade 10)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, Grade 10
Huiyu Zhang; Linda Fang – Educational Media International, 2023
In Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, several AI chatbots acting as digital teaching assistants were trialed between July 2021 and August 2022. As these were developed for different purposes, it is important to learn if these AI chatbots help achieve the desired learning outcomes. This paper focuses on lessons learnt from three chatbots designed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Asynchronous Communication, Teaching Assistants
Vandermeulen, Nina; Van Steendam, Elke; De Maeyer, Sven; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – Written Communication, 2023
This intervention study aimed to test the effect of writing process feedback. Sixty-five Grade 10 students received a personal report based on keystroke logging data, including information on several writing process aspects. Participants compared their writing process to exemplar processes of equally scoring (position-setting condition) or…
Descriptors: Intervention, Writing Processes, Feedback (Response), Futures (of Society)
Download full textWhite, 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
Baker, William M. – Journal of Education for Business, 2013
This research determines which computer skills are important for entry-level accountants, and whether some skills are more important than others. Students participated before and after internships in public accounting. Longitudinal analysis is also provided; responses from 2001 are compared to those from 2008-2009. Responses are also compared to…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, College Students, Accounting
Danner, R. B.; Pessu, C. O. A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Today's fast-paced world is becoming increasingly characterized by technology driven communication, which has transformed the world into a large global connected community with ever-increasing outreach of information and communication technology (ICT). Technology plays an increasingly important role in people's lives, and it is envisaged that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Undergraduate Students
Cullen, Jennifer; Richards, Stephen B.; Frank, Catherine Lawless – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2009
This study used a modified multiple-baseline design to determine the effects on the writing performance of seven students with special needs when a talking word processor with spell checker software was used independent of and in conjunction with word prediction software as accommodations in daily writing exercises. Results indicated that, in…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Writing Exercises, Writing Skills, Word Processing
Kessler, Greg; Bikowski, Dawn; Boggs, Jordan – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
This study investigates Web-based, project oriented, many-to-many collaborative writing for academic purposes. Thirty-eight Fulbright scholars in an orientation program at a large Midwestern university used a Web-based word processing tool to collaboratively plan and report on a research project. The purpose of this study is to explore and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Collaborative Writing, Writing Processes, Teaching Methods
Mogey, Nora; Paterson, Jessie; Burk, John; Purcell, Michael – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2010
Students at the University of Edinburgh do almost all their work on computers, but at the end of the semester they are examined by handwritten essays. Intuitively it would be appealing to allow students the choice of handwriting or typing, but this raises a concern that perhaps this might not be "fair"--that the choice a student makes,…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Essay Tests, Interrater Reliability, Grading
Grant, Donna M.; Malloy, Alisha D.; Murphy, Marianne C. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
In this technology intensive society, most students are required to be proficient in computer skills to compete in today's global job market. These computer skills usually consist of basic to advanced knowledge in word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications. In many U.S. states, students are required to demonstrate computer…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Computer Oriented Programs, Labor Market
Sivin, Jay P.; And Others – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1984
Discusses the benefits of using word processing software to motivate student writers. Briefly describes computer programs that assist students during the composing process. (AEA)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Motivation, Student Attitudes, Word Processing
Peer reviewedSmith, David; Keep, Rosslyn – Educational Research, 1986
Children aged 6 to 14 years in 10 schools in southern England were interviewed to determine the criteria that children use to evaluate educational and other software. Data suggest that the children were mature and sophisticated in their judgments. Their evaluative criteria derived from the standards of mass consumer electronics (home computer…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Software, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedRenshaw, Debbie A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1991
A study to determine the effect of an interactive checker on student grammar and writing skills and on student attitudes about those skills found that those using the interactive checker have more positive feelings. Findings also indicated that those students writing with a computer gain equal proficiency in grammar. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business English, Computer Software, Grammar, Higher Education
Ho, Mei-ching; Savignon, Sandra J. – CALICO Journal, 2007
This paper examines the use of face-to-face peer review (FFPR) and computer-mediated peer review (CMPR) in an Asian English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) academic writing context. The participants were 33 English majors from a university of science and technology in Taiwan, a new type of school offering 2-year associate degree programs in foreign…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Writing (Composition), Peer Evaluation, Associate Degrees
