Damian Finnegan Asko Kauppinen Anna Wärnsby
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Wri1ng Unit © 2012
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Wri1ng Unit © 2012
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Our Solu1on
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Students’ Experience of
Automated Feedback
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Students’ Development of
Mechanical Skills
Large Student
Numbers
Resources
Limited
Multilingual
Multidisciplinary
Our
Challenges
Teaching Assistant
System
Peer
Feedback is valuable
National forum for English studies Umeå 2011 16 13 10 81 87 90 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1 2 3Survey Question Fr a c ti on of a ns w e rs /( % ) Automa1c Feedback Teaching Assistant NA Teacher (mid-‐term and final paper)
AW1:
Automated
Feedback
Wri1ng Unit © 2012 Value 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 74 13 13% 74% 13%Value AW1
1 2 3 4 5 6Wri1ng Unit © 2012
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More exercises More readings 1 2 3 4 5 6 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 75 37.5 37.5 25 37.5 37.5 12.5 50 25 50 37.5 37.5 0 20 40 60 80 100
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More exercises More readings 37.5 37.5 50 25 50 12.5 37.5 37.5 25 37.5 37.5 75 12.5 12.5 12.5 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5
Value AW1 Categories
AW1: Other
Positive and
Negative
Values
Wri1ng Unit © 2012 + Repe11on+ Key points highlighted + Well suited to the level of the course
-‐ Examples too simplis1c
-‐ Explana1ons not sufficient -‐ Linguis1c terminology
AW2:
Automated
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Wri1ng Unit © 2012 Value 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 74 13 13% 74% 13% Value AW2 1 2 3 4 5 6Wri1ng Unit © 2012
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More exercises More readings 1 2 3 4 5 6 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 25 12.5 25 25 25 50 37.5 25 25 25 62.5 25 25 50 37.5 37.5 0 20 40 60 80 100
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More exercises More readings 37.5 37.5 50 25 25 62.5 25 25 25 37.5 50 25 25 25 12.5 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5
Value AW2 Categories
AW2: Other
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Negative
Values
Wri1ng Unit © 2012 + Repe11on -‐ Too elementary -‐ Simplis1c explana1onsAW3:
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Wri1ng Unit © 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 25 25 37 37% 25% 25% 13% Value AW3 1 2 3 4 5 6Wri1ng Unit © 2012
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More
exercises readingsMore 1 2 3 4 5 6 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 25 12.5 25 12.5 12.5 25 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 50 25 25 25 25 62.5 37.5 50 37.5 37.5 0 20 40 60 80 100
Immediacy Explanation Terminology Score More exercises More readings 37.5 37.5 50 37.5 62.5 25 25 25 25 50 12.5 12.5 12.5 25 25 12.5 12.5 25 12.5 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5
Value AW3 Categories
AW3: Other
Positive and
Negative
Values
Wri1ng Unit © 2012 + Addi1onal exercises-‐ Not suited for the level of the course
-‐ Explana1ons too simplis1c/faulty
-‐ Only one answer possible -‐ Ma:ers too complex for
Student
Scores
Wri1ng Unit © 2012 50 60 70 80 90 100 AW1 AW2 79.5 70Development of Mechanical Skills
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Conclusions:
Automated
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Wri1ng Unit © 2012
• Addresses our cri1cal challenges
• Surprisingly appreciated by students
• Immediacy of feedback • Scores
• Explana1ons • Varia1on
• Integra1on with other course materials
• Possibly valuable for skill-‐ building development
• Not suitable for advanced level courses
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