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Download full textMcCarthy, Kathryn S.; Roscoe, Rod D.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study investigated the effect of incorporating spelling and grammar checking tools within an automated writing tutoring system, Writing Pal. High school students (n = 119) wrote and revised six persuasive essays. After initial drafts, all students received formative feedback about writing strategies. Half of the participants were also given…
Descriptors: Spelling, Grammar, Automation, Writing Instruction
McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Likens, Aaron D.; Kopp, Kristopher K.; Perret, Cecile A.; Watanabe, Micah; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The current study explored relations between non-cognitive traits (Grit, Learning Orientation, Performance Orientation), reading skill, and performance across three experiments conducted in the context of two intelligent tutoring systems, iSTART and Writing Pal. Results showed that learning outcomes (comprehension score, holistic essay score) were…
Descriptors: Persistence, Individual Characteristics, Reading Skills, Performance
Direct linkAllen, Laura K.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The assessment of argumentative writing generally includes analyses of the specific linguistic and rhetorical features contained in the individual essays produced by students. However, researchers have recently proposed that an individual's ability to flexibly adapt the linguistic properties of their writing may more accurately capture their…
Descriptors: Essays, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency
Allen, Laura K.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Dascalu, Mihai; Roscoe, Rod D.; Kent, Kevin M.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This study investigates how and whether information about students' writing can be recovered from basic behavioral data extracted during their sessions in an intelligent tutoring system for writing. We calculate basic and time-sensitive keystroke indices based on log files of keys pressed during students' writing sessions. A corpus of prompt-based…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Processes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Allen, Laura K.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
The current study examined the degree to which the quality and characteristics of students' essays could be modeled through dynamic natural language processing analyses. Undergraduate students (n = 131) wrote timed, persuasive essays in response to an argumentative writing prompt. Recurrent patterns of the words in the essays were then analyzed…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Essays, Persuasive Discourse, Natural Language Processing
Allen, Laura K.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The assessment of writing proficiency generally includes analyses of the specific linguistic and rhetorical features contained in the singular essays produced by students. However, researchers have recently proposed that an individual's ability to flexibly adapt the linguistic properties of their writing might more closely capture writing skill.…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Writing Skills
Allen, Laura K.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Dascalu, Mihai; Roscoe, Rod D.; Kent, Kevin M.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
This study investigates how and whether information about students' writing can be recovered from basic behavioral data extracted during their sessions in an intelligent tutoring system for writing. We calculate basic and time-sensitive keystroke indices based on log files of keys pressed during students' writing sessions. A corpus of prompt-based…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Natural Language Processing, Feedback (Response)
Allen, Laura K.; Likens, Aaron D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The assessment of argumentative writing generally includes analyses of the specific linguistic and rhetorical features contained in the individual essays produced by students. However, researchers have recently proposed that an individual's ability to flexibly adapt the linguistic properties of their writing may more accurately capture their…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Persuasive Discourse, Essays, Language Usage
