Automated Essay Feedback and Revision Behaviour: What Students Change After Reading It

Authors

  • Fotios Gerontakis Department of Assessment and Measurement, Lesvos Centre for Digital Education, Mytilene, Greece Author
  • Helena-Iva Habus Centre for Learning Analytics, Turopolje Centre for Digital Education, Velika Gorica, Croatia Author
  • Jolanda-K Eichmann Department of Learning Design, Val Bregaglia Centre for Digital Education, Vicosoprano, Switzerland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694729

Keywords:

Automated Essay Feedback and Revision Behaviour; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in automated essay feedback and revision behaviour right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for automated essay feedback and revision behaviour, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2025-01-01

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