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Clare Mass summarizes and discusses a 2018 article by C. Bailey and J. Withers, “What Can Screen Capture Reveal About Students’ Use of Software Tools When Undertaking a Paraphrasing Task?” published in the Journal of Academic Writing. One of the conclusions:

"The findings here highlight some major individual differences in proficiency with the electronic tools available. Bailey and Withers therefore advocate training students to use the basic helpful functions of a word processing programme and opening up dialogue about how they can be used effectively. They emphasise that the aim should be 'to discourage the indiscriminate and mechanical use of … substitution' in paraphrasing (p. 184), and suggest this training should focus on word class distinction, collocation and colligation."

Read the full research summary at http://www.eltresearchbites.com/201907-what-can-screen-capture-reveal-about-students-use-of-software-tools-when-undertaking-a-paraphrasing-task/