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Jude Brady; Martina Kuvalja; Alison Rodrigues; Sarah Hughes – Research Matters, 2024
This study explores undergraduate students' use of ChatGPT when writing essays. Three students were tasked with writing two essays each for a coursework component for a Cambridge qualification facilitated by access to ChatGPT. After writing the essays, they participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of using the technology.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students, Writing (Composition)
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Elaine R. Silliman; Ruth H. Bahr; Robin L. Danzak; Maria Rosa Brea-Spahn – Topics in Language Disorders, 2024
One aim of this article is to shift mindsets from the traditional identification of written language abilities that are "missing" in students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) to writing assessment as the discovery of more complex language strengths foundational to success across disciplines. The multiple language-levels (MLL)…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Evaluation, Writing Ability, Writing Instruction
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Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Tirote Thongnuan – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the lexical competence of English-major EFL students. The learner corpus comprised 552 pieces of writing by sophomore English majors during five academic years between 2017 and 2021, containing 190,506words in total. The results from Vocab Profile program showed that these students used words contained in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Departments, Writing Assignments, Majors (Students)
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Qianqian Zhang-Wu; Alison Stephens; Neal Lerner – Composition Studies, 2023
Our research explores the meaningful writing experiences of 325 undergraduate students who self-identify as multilingual. Through qualitative coding of open-ended survey data, we found that respondents considered their writing meaningful when it allowed them to make personal and relevant connections and learn new skills and strategies. Our…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Multilingualism, Writing Instruction, Writing Assignments
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Jamie Costley; Han Zhang; Matthew Courtney; Galina Shulgina; Matthew Baldwin; Mik Fanguy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
While the use of collaborative peer editing is widespread in some online learning contexts, little is known about how constituent editing behaviours impact student writing quality when using shared online documents as the mediating tool. Therefore, the present study (n = 176) examines the effects of English language learners' peer editing…
Descriptors: Editing, Peer Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Timothy Oleksiak – College Composition and Communication, 2020
If, as I argue, student-to-student peer review is animated by "improvement imperatives" that make peer review a form of what Lauren Berlant calls "cruel optimism," then rhetoric and composition will need to imagine theories and structures for peer review that do not repeat cruel attachments. I offer slow peer review as a…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Writing Evaluation, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments
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Shengji Li; Huma Akram – SAGE Open, 2024
Effective communication and academic writing in English hinge on a solid grasp of grammar, with pronouns representing a pivotal aspect. However, non-native, particularly English as a second language (ESL) students, often find difficulties in employing pronouns effectively, especially in reference to their antecedents within sentences. The current…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation
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Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Intira Bumrungsalee – rEFLections, 2025
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of using informal styles in academic writing, including research articles. To examine the degree of formality in students' writing, this corpus-based study aimed to analyze the formal linguistic features in the academic writing assignments of English-major students at a Thai university. The learner…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Essays, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)
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Kelly Katherine Frantz – Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2024
Writing conferences are rich pedagogical settings to explore explanations. In contrast to teachers, writing consultants are usually peer tutors, straddling the roles of instructor and fellow student (North, 1984). This creates a unique situation where consultant-writer dyads must interactionally manage questions of expertise and authority (Carino,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Conferences (Gatherings), Consultants, Writing Teachers
Zajic, Matthew Carl; Solari, Emily Jane; McIntyre, Nancy Susan; Lerro, Lindsay; Mundy, Peter Clive – Grantee Submission, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) demonstrate heterogeneous writing skills that are generally lower than their typically developing (TD) peers and similar to peers with attention difficulties like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Recent evidence suggests children with ASD spend less time engaging in writing tasks…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Writing Skills, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Aitken, Adam; Thompson, Darrall G. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
First year undergraduate design students have found difficulties in realising the standards expected for academic writing at university level. An assessment initiative was used to engage students with criteria and standards for a core interdisciplinary design subject notable for its demanding assessment of academic writing. The same graduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Design, Assignments, Computer Software
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Achen, Rebecca M. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Improved writing can help students in their academic and professional careers, thus this action research project examined the use of three revision strategies in a graduate course by collecting three sources of data. One-sample t-tests revealed no significant differences across paper scores. However, students indicated rough drafts and rewrites…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Revision (Written Composition), Writing Evaluation, Peer Evaluation
Fullerton, Bridget Katherine Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Though Linda Adler-Kassner and Peggy O'Neill claim that ethical writing assessment models "must be designed and built collaboratively, with careful attention to the values and passions of all involved, through a process that provides access to all," college students have not typically been included in scholarly conversations about…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Eldaba, Abir Aly; Isbell, Janet Kesterson – Journal of International Students, 2018
In a critical study, researchers explored academic writing experiences of three international female graduate students at a southern U.S. university in order to understand their perspectives of themselves as writers across cultures, their experiences with academic writing, and their coping strategies for academic writing assignments. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Academic Discourse, Coping, Writing (Composition)
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Kostopoulou, Stergiani; O'Dwyer, Fergus – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
This evidence-based, procedural paper outlines academic writing peer review practices conducted by Pre-Master's Pathway and pre-undergraduate Foundation programme students at two Irish universities. The theoretical framework section presents the view that formative teacher feedback on student writing alone is insufficient, suggesting sustainable…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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