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{ENTER}ing the Time Series {SPACE}: Uncovering the Writing Process through Keystroke Analyses
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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
{ENTER}ing the Time Series {SPACE}: Uncovering the Writing Process through Keystroke Analyses
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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)
Developing Pedagogically-Guided Algorithms for Intelligent Writing Feedback
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Roscoe, Rod D.; Varner, Laura K.; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
Various computer tools have been developed to support educators' assessment of student writing, including automated essay scoring and automated writing evaluation systems. Research demonstrates that these systems exhibit relatively high scoring accuracy but uncertain instructional efficacy. Students' writing proficiency does not necessarily…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Assisted Testing, Writing Evaluation
Using Automated Indices of Cohesion to Evaluate an Intelligent Tutoring System and an Automated Writing Evaluation System
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Crossley, Scott A.; Varner, Laura K.; Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
We present an evaluation of the Writing Pal (W-Pal) intelligent tutoring system (ITS) and the W-Pal automated writing evaluation (AWE) system through the use of computational indices related to text cohesion. Sixty-four students participated in this study. Each student was assigned to either the W-Pal ITS condition or the W-Pal AWE condition. The…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments