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Direct linkRoscoe, Rod D.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
A critical challenge for computer-based writing instruction is providing appropriate and adaptive practice. The current study examined three modes of computer-based writing practice with the goal of identifying those with the greatest learning and motivational value. High school students learned about writing strategies by studying lessons within…
Descriptors: High School Students, Writing Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Strategies
Roscoe, Rod D.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
A critical challenge for computer-based writing instruction is providing appropriate and adaptive practice. The current study examined three modes of computer-based writing practice with the goal of identifying those with the greatest learning and motivational value. High school students learned about writing strategies by studying lessons within…
Descriptors: High School Students, Writing Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Strategies
Roscoe, Rod D.; Allen, Laura K.; Johnson, Adam C.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study evaluates high school students' perceptions of automated writing feedback, and the influence of these perceptions on revising, as a function of varying modes of computer-based writing instruction. Findings indicate that students' perceptions of automated feedback accuracy, ease of use, relevance, and understandability were favorable.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
Proske, Antje; Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
Achieving sustained student engagement with practice in computer-based writing strategy training can be a challenge. One potential solution is to foster engagement by embedding practice in educational games; yet there is currently little research comparing the effectiveness of game-based practice versus more traditional forms of practice. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Proske, Antje; Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2014
Achieving sustained student engagement with practice in computer-based writing strategy training can be a challenge. One potential solution is to foster engagement by embedding practice in educational games; yet there is currently little research comparing the effectiveness of game-based practice versus more traditional forms of practice. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Roscoe, Rod D.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
This study investigates students' essay revising in the context of an intelligent tutoring system called "Writing Pal" (W-Pal), which combines strategy instruction, game-based practice, essay writing practice, and automated formative feedback. We examine how high school students use W-Pal feedback to revise essays in two different…
Descriptors: Essays, Revision (Written Composition), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Games
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
Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
The Writing Pal (W-Pal) is a novel intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that offers writing strategy instruction, game-based practice, essay writing practice, and formative feedback to developing writers. Compared to more tractable and constrained learning domains for ITS, writing is an ill-defined domain because the features of effective writing are…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies
