Investigating the Effect of Computer-Administered Versus Traditional Paper and Pencil Assessments on Student Writing Achievement | Zendy

Robert Laurie | Zendy; Beatrice L. Bridglall | Zendy; Patrick Arseneault | Zendy

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Investigating the Effect of Computer-Administered Versus Traditional Paper and Pencil Assessments on Student Writing Achievement

Author(s) -

Robert Laurie,

Beatrice L. Bridglall,

Patrick Arseneault

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244015584616

Subject(s) - pencil (optics) , punctuation , spelling , orthography , syntax , mathematics education , significant difference , psychology , linguistics , computer science , mathematics , natural language processing , statistics , artificial intelligence , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , reading (process)

The effect of using a computer or paper and pencil on studentwriting scores on a provincial standardized writing assessment was studied. A sample of302 francophone students wrote a short essay using a computer equipped with MicrosoftWord with all of its correction functions enabled. One week later, the same studentswrote a second short essay using paper and pencil with access to dictionaries. Meanscores were compared for essays on each medium as well as scores on six specificcriteria. There was no significant difference between the overall mean scores on thepaper and pencil essays and those written using a computer. Significant differencesfavoring the paper and pencil essays were seen on the ideas, punctuation, and syntaxcriteria. A significant difference in favor of the computer written essays was seen onthe orthography criterion. Possible practical implications and suggestions for futureresearch are discussed

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