This article introduces a Special Issue that gathers a collection of effective tools to promote the teaching and learning of writing in school-aged and university students, across varied contexts. The authors present the theoretical rationale and technical specificities of writing tools aimed at enhancing writing processes (e.g., spelling, revising) and/or at providing writers with automated feedback to improve the implementation of those processes. The tools are described in detail, along with empirical data on their effectiveness in improving one or more aspects of writing. All articles conclude by indicating future directions for further developing and evaluating the tools. This Special Issue represents an important contribution to the field of technology-based writing instruction, in a moment in which online teaching and learning tools have shifted from being an instructional asset to a necessity. We hope that in the future the validation of each tool can be expanded by reaching out to different populations and cultural contexts.

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基于技术的写作指导特刊简介：一系列有效工具

本文介绍了一个特刊，该刊物收集了一系列有效工具，可在不同背景下促进学龄和大学生写作方面的教与学。作者介绍了旨在增强写作过程（例如，拼写，修订）和/或向作家提供自动反馈以改善这些过程的实现的写作工具的理论原理和技术特点。详细介绍了这些工具，以及有关其在改善一个或多个写作方面的有效性的经验数据。所有文章的结尾都指出了进一步开发和评估工具的未来方向。本特刊代表了对基于技术的写作指导领域的重要贡献，在线教学工具已经从教学资源转变为必需品的那一刻。我们希望将来可以通过扩展到不同的人群和文化背景来扩展对每种工具的验证。