Write & Audit: Teaching Genre Features of Statistics Writing with a Student-Facing Text Analysis Tool

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Abstract

Based on a corpus analysis of writing data from undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and data science at Carnegie Mellon, we have designed a computer-assisted course intervention for two writing projects in an introductory-level statistics course. Our approach uses DocuScope Write & Audit (W&A), a text visualization software, which was designed to allow student writers to inspect both their topical organization and the rhetorical experiences they create. This short paper provides a brief overview of the corpus study, then outlines our design and expectations for a proposed workshop study that examines the effectiveness on our intervention.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages476-481
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665495172
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2022 - Limerick, Ireland
Duration: Jul 17 2022Jul 20 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE International Professional Communication Conference
Volume2022-July
ISSN (Print)2158-091X
ISSN (Electronic)2158-1002

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2022
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityLimerick
Period7/17/227/20/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Communication
  • General Engineering

Keywords

  • Corpus studies
  • rhetoric-composition
  • technology-enhanced learning
  • writing pedagogy.

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