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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
Allen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
A commonly held belief among educators, researchers, and students is that high-quality texts are easier to read than low-quality texts, as they contain more engaging narrative and story-like elements. Interestingly, these assumptions have typically failed to be supported by the literature on writing. Previous research suggests that higher quality…
Descriptors: Role, Writing (Composition), Natural Language Processing, Hypothesis Testing
Jackson, G. Tanner; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
One strength of educational games stems from their potential to increase students' motivation and engagement during educational tasks. However, game features may also detract from principle learning goals and interfere with students' ability to master the target material. To assess the potential impact of game-based learning environments, in this…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Games, Student Motivation, Learning