From the teacher discussion it appears that we have three general “interface tasks” that they are concerned with in the highlighting behaviors:
Auto-highlights as formative feedback/metrics: the system presents an interface that will highlight features in an existing text (whether a student text or a model) then allows the individual to see the highlights for self-review or for collecting metrics (i.e. how many transition words did they use? Who used none?).
Auto-highlight as a formative evaluation: The student is presented a text and then tasked with highlighting the Xs within it then scored/showed the overlaps and agreements/disagreements. This can be done with theirs or with model text etc.
Highlighting for Editing: Students are given highlighting as a suggestion/real-time evaluation, that they can then use to guide individual or peer editing.
From the teacher discussion it appears that we have three general “interface tasks” that they are concerned with in the highlighting behaviors: