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AcaWriter: A Learning Analytics Tool for Formative Feedback on Academic Writing

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Knight, S., Shibani, A., Abel, S., Gibson, A., Ryan, P.·2020·Journal of Writing Research

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Written communication is an important skill across academia, the workplace, and civic participation. Effective writing incorporates instantiations of particular text structures - rhetorical moves - that communicate intent to the reader. These rhetorical moves are important across a range of academic styles of writing, including essays and research abstracts, as well as in forms of writing in which one reflects on learning gained through experience. However, learning how to effectively instantiate and use these rhetorical moves is a challenge. Moreover, educators often struggle to provide feedback supporting this learning, particularly at scale. Where effective support is provided, the techniques can be hard to share beyond single implementation sites. We address these challenges through the open-source AcaWriter tool, which provides feedback on rhetorical moves, with a design that allows feedback customization for specific contexts. We introduce three example implementations in which we have customized the tool and evaluated it with regard to user perceptions, and its impact on student writing. We discuss the tool's general theoretical background and provide a detailed technical account. We conclude with four recommendations that emphasize the potential of collaborative approaches in building, sharing and evaluating writing tools in research and practice.

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Authors: Knight, S., Shibani, A., Abel, S., Gibson, A., & Ryan, P.
Affiliations: University of Technology Sydney (AU)
Queensland University of Technology (AU)
Corresponding author: Knight, S.
ORCID: Knight, S.
Shibani, A.
Abel, S.
Gibson, A.
Venue: Journal of Writing Research
Publisher: ARLE (International Association for Research in L1 Education)
Published: 2020-06
Volume: 12
Issue: vol. 12 issue 1
Pages: 141-186
ISSN: 2030-1006 (ISSN-L)
2294-3307
DOI: 10.17239/jowr-2020.12.01.06
OpenAlex: W3024117512
Cited by: 151
References: 49
Citations by year: 2026: 18 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 10
FWCI: 30.66
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: diamond
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
Locations: Journal of Writing Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
Keywords: learning analytics, formative feedback, academic writing, rhetorical moves, writing instruction, student writing, user perception

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