Abstract This opinion piece emerged from research for the book, Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers , by Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez, published Routledge. While thinking of ways to promote I realised that students could employ AI story generators write essays. That led me automated essay writing, a Twitter thread has garnered 43,000 engagements, author blog art...

Nach einem kritischen Blick auf Informationskompetenz („information literacy“) als Konzept und Praxis wird in diesem Essay deren Bezug zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten bzw. zum Forschungsprozess vertieft. Als Kern von Informationskompetenz vor dem Hintergrund akademischer Fachkulturen wird eine erkenntnistheoretische (epistemologische) Komponente sichtbar, eine „epistemic literacy“. Informations...

Although considerable research has investigated the role of emotions in learning and problem solving, there is a paucity of research on the emotional and social aspects of academic writing. As an initial step in this direction, we conducted a study where 42 participants wrote two essays on two opposing stances about abortion (pro-choice and pro-life). Participants’ affective states (14 emotions...

automated feedback that helps them revise their work and ultimately improve their writing skills. These applications also address educational researchers’ interest in individualized instruction. Specifically, feedback that refers explicitly to students’own writing is more effective than general feedback.3 Our discourse analysis software, which is embedded in Criterion (www.etstechnologies.com),...

Various word-processing system have been developed to identify grammatical errors and mark learners’ essays. However, they are not specifically developed for Malaysian ESL (English as a second language) learners. A marking tool which is capable to identify errors in ESL writing for these learners is very much needed. Though there are numerous techniques adopted in grammar checking and automated...

Although freewriting strategies are commonly taught in composition courses, there have been few empirical studies on freewriting. We address this gap by examining effects of prior writing skills (as measured by a pre-write essay), freewriting training, text-box size (1, 10, 20 lines), and repetitive writing on freewriting quality. Participants watched an agent-based vicarious learning freewriti...

There appears to be little research on the standard of post-16 students’ writing and how it can be improved. In respect of such students, the focus of teaching professionals seems to be on content rather than on the writing process; arguably this leads to weaknesses in written expression. This article examines some current research and follows one teacher’s attempts to put in place some strateg...