Students need clear guidance so they are not overwhelmed by Ecree's feedback, which may be most useful for advanced writers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Without clear guidance and instruction, students can be overwhelmed by Ecree's feedback, and the tool may be most useful for advanced writers. → Isabel Callaway 2023

Evidence¶

Isabel Callaway 2023¶

Isabel Callaway, Lindsay Fox, Megan Shoji. (2023). Implementing Ecree in the Classroom. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementing-ecree-in-the-classroom

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Key finding from the brief's study of Ecree in grade 8–11 ELA classrooms: "Students need clear guidance and instruction so they are not overwhelmed by Ecree’s feedback," and the tool "may also be most useful for advanced writers."

"Students need clear guidance and instruction so they are not overwhelmed by Ecree’s feedback. Ecree may also be most useful for advanced writers."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Feedback improves learning by a medium amount on average, but its effect varies widely with the information it carries, and a substantial share of feedback effects are negative — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Some students struggled to use Ecree's and MI Write's automated feedback — related
• More than half of surveyed teachers agreed Ecree was useful for improving students' writing, but some students may be overwhelmed by the feedback — related
• Ecree likely improved the quality of students' writing, especially for students with less advanced writing skills at the start of the school year — reports the opposite