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Chen, Zhenzhen; Chen, Weichao; Jia, Jiyou; Le, Huixiao – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
Despite the growing interest in investigating the pedagogical application of Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems, studies on the process of AWE-supported writing are still scant. Adopting activity theory as the framework, this qualitative study aims to examine how students incorporated AWE feedback into their writing in an English as a…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies
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Li, Zhi; Hegelheimer, Volker – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
In this paper, we report on the development and implementation of a web-based mobile application, "Grammar Clinic," for an ESL writing class. Drawing on insights from the interactionist approach to Second Language Acquisition (SLA), the Noticing Hypothesis, and mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), "Grammar Clinic" was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Editing, English (Second Language)
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Ruecker, Todd – Composition Studies, 2011
English 1311: Expository English Composition is the first semester course in a two-semester first-year composition (FYC) sequence. Both ENG 1311 and its second-semester counterpart, ENG 1312, are required for all students unless they have transfer credit covering this requirement or place out of one or both of the courses via the College-Level…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Higher Education
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Yang, Yu-Fen; Yeh, Hui-Chin; Wong, Wing-Kwong – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
As proposed by social constructive theorists, meaningful learning and individual development were achieved through social interaction. To foster social interaction among students, this study formed an online learning community in which they played multiple roles as writers, editors and commentators. In playing different roles, they read peers'…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Grammar
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Crovitz, Darren; Smoot, W. Scott – English Journal, 2009
As online research has become an increasingly standard activity for middle school and high school students, Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) has simultaneously emerged as the bane of many teachers who include research-focused assignments in their courses. An online encyclopedia that allows anyone to edit its entries, Wikipedia has educators…
Descriptors: Credibility, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction, High School Students
Moe, Holly K. – 2000
A study investigated the usefulness of an online writing lab, Smarthinking, in a college writing tutorial program. The study investigated 4 issues: what Smarthinking is and how it works; what students think of the program; what instructors think of the program; and whether Smarthinking is cohesive with writing center principles and procedures. A…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Editing, Higher Education, Internet