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Direct linkMyers, Matthew C.; Wilson, Joshua – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2023
This study evaluated the construct validity of six scoring traits of an automated writing evaluation (AWE) system called "MI Write." Persuasive essays (N = 100) written by students in grades 7 and 8 were randomized at the sentence-level using a script written with Python's NLTK module. Each persuasive essay was randomized 30 times (n =…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Automation, Writing Evaluation, Algorithms
Download full textMauricio, Michael C.; Genuino, Cecilia F. – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
Integration of technology which includes the use of a smartphone is currently one of the trends in ESL writing classes. Particularly in collaborative activities, it is assumed that the use of smartphones contributes to the attitude of the learners towards writing and their writing performance as well. Consequently, the present study investigated…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Henning, John E. – Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of the study was to investigate differences in writers' abilities to perceive global text organisation in self-, peer- and teacher/researcher-authored essays. Eight student participants were identified as proficient, middle or developing, based on the levels of paragraph subordination, the average number of T-Units and the number of…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High School Students, Reading Strategies, Writing Skills
Hsin, Lisa B.; Snow, Catherine E. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
A novel instrument, the Features of Excellent Arguments task (FEXA), was developed to elicit adolescents' judgments about argumentative essays displaying to varying degrees features characteristic of strong persuasive writing: academic language, rich evidence, multiple perspectives, and rhetorical appeal. We collected students' categorical choices…
Descriptors: Essays, Persuasive Discourse, Decision Making, Writing Skills
Midgette, Ekaterina; Haria, Priti – Reading Psychology, 2016
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of two comprehensive argumentative writing interventions--Text Structure Instruction (TSI) and Text Structure Revision Instruction (TSRI)--on the eighth-grade students' ability to compose convincing essays that include structural elements of argumentative discourse. Both treatment groups…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Essays, Text Structure, Writing Instruction
