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Nunes, Andreia; Cordeiro, Carolina; Limpo, Teresa; Castro, São Luís – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems to aid writing learning and instruction in primary and secondary education are growing increasingly popular. However, their effectiveness is hardly known. We conducted a systematic review focusing on the effects of these systems providing writing feedback to students in school settings.…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Automation, Program Evaluation, Writing Instruction
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Yue Huang; Joshua Wilson – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Automated writing evaluation (AWE) systems, used as formative assessment tools in writing classrooms, are promising for enhancing instruction and improving student performance. Although meta-analytic evidence supports AWE's effectiveness in various contexts, research on its effectiveness in the U.S. K-12 setting has lagged behind its…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Skills, Writing Tests, Writing Instruction
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Hassanzadeh, Mohammad; Fotoohnejad, Samira – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Considering the prominence attached to written corrective feedback (WCF) within the domain of second/foreign language (L2) acquisition, automated writing evaluation (AWE) tools have steadily gained ground over the last two decades. The current study was an attempt to investigate the extent incorporating an AWE program, known as Criterion®, within…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction
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Jiménez, Juan E.; Seoane, Rocío C.; García, Eduardo; de León, Sara C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
The present study evaluated the effects of web-based training on Spanish pre-service and in-service teacher knowledge and implicit beliefs on learning to write. A sample of pre-service teachers and in-service teachers from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, and Spain participated in the online course. Findings suggest that teachers may improve…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Preservice Teacher Education
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Liao, Calvin C. Y.; Chang, Wan-Chen; Chan, Tak-Wai – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
We have observed that many computer-supported writing environments based on pedagogical strategies have only been designed to incorporate the cognitive aspects, but motivational aspects should also be included. Hence, we theorize that integrating game-based learning into the writing environment may be a practical approach that can facilitate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Games
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AbuSeileek, A. F. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
This study investigated the effect of computer-mediated corrective feedback types in an English as a foreign language (EFL) intact class over time. The participants were 64 English majors who were assigned randomly into three treatment conditions that gave and received computer-mediated corrective feedback while writing (track changes, word…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Error Correction, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language)