A small preliminary PhD research project used OpenEssayist, a web based automated writing evaluation (AWE) system designed to provide immediate formative feedback to students, to gain insights into how students use such systems. One of the themes which emerged from the data analysis was that most of the students on the module did not make use of OpenEssayist, which raised the question of why? Are there barriers to student use of immediate AWE feedback? The low uptake of use of OpenEssayist reflects the findings of (Attali, 2004), whose research on the Criterion AWE system found that 71% of students did not make use of the redrafting facilities of Criterion and were excluded from his data. All thirty (n = 30) students on the module subject of the preliminary research had the opportunity to use OpenEssayist, regardless of whether they participated in the research, only four students chose to do so. Two students who did not use OpenEssayist were interviewed. The first did not use OpenEssayist for technical reasons, the second did not have enough time to learn about the software. It is not known why the other students did not make use of OpenEssayist. This short paper reports on the preliminary findings of non-use of AWE and outlines how that has led to a research question for a PhD project, which is a work-in-progress. The question is: Are there barriers to student use of immediate AWE feedback?

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自动立即形成反馈会给学生带来什么阻碍

一个小型的初步博士研究项目使用了OpenEssayist，这是一个基于Web的自动写作评估（AWE）系统，旨在为学生提供即时的形成性反馈，以深入了解学生如何使用此类系统。数据分析中出现的主题之一是，该模块上的大多数学生没有使用OpenEssayist，这引发了一个问题：为什么？学生使用即时AWE反馈是否存在障碍？OpenEssayist的使用率低反映了（Attali，2004）的发现，他对Criterion AWE系统的研究发现71％的学生没有使用Criterion的重新起草设施，因此被排除在他的数据之外。初步研究模块主题的所有30名（n = 30）学生都有机会使用OpenEssayist，无论他们是否参加了研究，只有四名学生选择了参加。采访了两个不使用OpenEssayist的学生。第一个由于技术原因未使用OpenEssayist，第二个没有足够的时间来学习该软件。不知道为什么其他学生没有使用OpenEssayist。这篇简短的论文报告了不使用AWE的初步发现，并概述了这如何导致正在进行中的博士学位项目的研究问题。问题是：学生使用即时AWE反馈是否存在障碍？不知道为什么其他学生没有使用OpenEssayist。这篇简短的论文报告了不使用AWE的初步发现，并概述了这如何导致正在进行中的博士学位项目的研究问题。问题是：学生使用即时AWE反馈是否存在障碍？不知道为什么其他学生没有使用OpenEssayist。这篇简短的论文报告了不使用AWE的初步发现，并概述了这如何导致正在进行中的博士学位项目的研究问题。问题是：学生使用即时AWE反馈是否存在障碍？