Computer assisted feedback on written reports

It can be very time consuming for educators to improve students' written communication skills. Ideally, it requires tutors to spend a considerable amount of time diagnosing and remedying individual problems. Unfortunately, this is not possible when teaching the very large classes that now seem to be the norm in higher education.This paper outlines one answer to part of the problem—how to teach the skills of report writing, using a microcomputer to generate feedback.