Modeling Basic Writing Processes From Keystroke Logs

The goal of this study is to model pauses extracted from writing keystroke logs as a way of characterizing the processes students use in essay composition. Low-level timing data were modeled, the interkey interval and its subtype, the intraword duration, thought to reflect processes associated with...

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Published in:Journal of educational measurement 2018-06, Vol.55 (2), p.194-216
Main Authors: Guo, Hongwen, Deane, Paul D., van Rijn, Peter W., Zhang, Mo, Bennett, Randy E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competence
Density
Essays
Fluency
Keyboarding
Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Probability
Scores
Statistical Analysis
Time
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing Processes
Writing Skills
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Summary:The goal of this study is to model pauses extracted from writing keystroke logs as a way of characterizing the processes students use in essay composition. Low-level timing data were modeled, the interkey interval and its subtype, the intraword duration, thought to reflect processes associated with keyboarding skills and composition fluency. Heavy-tailed probability distributions (lognormal and stable distributions) were fit to individual students' data. Both density functions fit reasonably well, and estimated parameters were found to be robust across prompts designed to assess student proficiency for the same writing purpose, in addition, estimated parameters for both density functions were statistically significantly associated with human essay scores after accounting for total time spent writing the essay, a result consistent with cognitive theory on the role of low-level processes in writing.
ISSN:0022-0655
1745-3984
DOI:10.1111/jedm.12172