TY - GEN
T1 - Promoting self-regulated learning in an intelligent tutoring system for writing
AU - Allen, Laura K.
AU - McNamara, Danielle
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Writing Pal (W-Pal) is an intelligent tutoring system that was developed to improve students’ writing proficiency; however, it remains relatively unclear whether and how this system promotes self-regulated learning. In previous studies, we have begun to investigate the characteristics of students’ self-assessments, as well as whether interactions with W-Pal can lead to more accurate self-assessments and better writing performance. Here, we propose a series of three experiments that will test whether and how W-Pal can be used to enhance students’ self-regulated learning strategies and, consequently, influence their writing habits and the overall quality of their essays. These studies will examine the role of self-assessment in the writing process, and investigate how explicit instruction on writing criteria and self-regulated learning strategies can improve students’ writing processes and, ultimately, their writing proficiency.
AB - The Writing Pal (W-Pal) is an intelligent tutoring system that was developed to improve students’ writing proficiency; however, it remains relatively unclear whether and how this system promotes self-regulated learning. In previous studies, we have begun to investigate the characteristics of students’ self-assessments, as well as whether interactions with W-Pal can lead to more accurate self-assessments and better writing performance. Here, we propose a series of three experiments that will test whether and how W-Pal can be used to enhance students’ self-regulated learning strategies and, consequently, influence their writing habits and the overall quality of their essays. These studies will examine the role of self-assessment in the writing process, and investigate how explicit instruction on writing criteria and self-regulated learning strategies can improve students’ writing processes and, ultimately, their writing proficiency.
KW - Automated writing evaluation
KW - Intelligent tutoring systems
KW - Metacognition
KW - Self-assessment
KW - Self-regulated learning
KW - Writing
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-19773-9_125
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-19773-9_125
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84949032136
SN - 9783319197722
VL - 9112
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 827
EP - 830
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2015
Y2 - 22 June 2015 through 26 June 2015
ER -