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 WPal ITS condition or the W-Pal AWE condition. The W-Pal ITS includes strategy instruction, game-bas...

In a logographic language culture, repeated (hand) writing is a common memory strategy for learning letters and Chinese characters. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether this strategy facilitates children's memory for pseudologographic characters and foreign letters. It also explores which aspect of writing, the use of stroke orders or the writing action itself, is responsible for t...

The use of computer-based concept mapping as a prewriting strategy for eighthgrade language art students was compared to paper-and-pencil concept mapping. Computer-based concept mapping was shown to enhance idea generation and the total quality of the students’ prewriting concept maps in preparation for a persuasive writing task. Contrary to expectation, the students who generated paper-and-pen...