Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an increasingly important role in language education;
however, the trends, research issues, and applications of AI in language learning remain …

This paper provides an overview of how analyses of linguistic features in writing samples
provide a greater understanding of predictions of both text quality and writer development …

The explosive growth of online education environments is generating a massive volume of
data, specially in text format from forums, chats, social networks, assessments, essays …

Coh-Metrix is among the broadest and most sophisticated automated textual assessment
tools available today. Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix …

This study introduces the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Cohesion (TAACO), a freely
available text analysis tool that is easy to use, works on most operating systems (Windows …

An important topic in writing research has been the use of cohesive features. Much of this
research has focused on local and text cohesion. The few studies that have studied global …

The present study used a focus group methodology to qualitatively explore elementary
writing teachers' attitudes and experiences using an automated writing evaluation (AWE) …

Novice special education teachers often face challenges in developing high-quality
Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for children with autism. The use of artificial …

This article introduces the second version of the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Cohesion
(TAACO 2.0). Like its predecessor, TAACO 2.0 is a freely available text analysis tool that …

This study evaluates the use of a hierarchical classification approach to automated
assessment of essays. Automated essay scoring (AES) generally relies on machine learning …