Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. This is a huge change for ...

On standardized tests, computers have begun to grade, not just multiple-choice questions but even student writing such essays. Grading software evaluates essays about as well as a human on the kinds ...

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR , are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge. Diane ...

Darren Hick was sitting in his Furman University office going over the take-home tests students in his upper-level philosophy course had completed the previous week when he noticed something unusual ...

ChatGPT has been making waves since 2022, and whether some students like to admit it or not, the AI tool is being employed in the academic setting. Now, researchers compared the quality of essays ...

Near the end of 2023, a popular YouTube creator known as hbomberguy released a video on plagiarism — a topic often confined to conversations in composition classrooms. The four-hour video, “Plagiarism ...

A nation-wide study on computer-based writing instruction in Australian classrooms, led by researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in collaboration with colleagues from the Writing for All ...

Technical students face a unique academic challenge. Between labs, equations, code, and detailed analyses, there’s rarely room to focus on polished essay writing. And yet, essays, research papers, and ...

Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test will most likely be scored by a computer, rather than a person.(Ben Sklar / The New York Times) Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test ...