Machine scoring of student essays truth and consequences

The current trend toward machine-scoring of student work, Ericsson and Haswell argue, has created an emerging issue with implications for higher education across the disciplines, but with particular importance for those in English departments and in administration. The academic community has been si...

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Otros Autores: Ericsson, Patricia Freitag, 1950- (-), Haswell, Richard H.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press c2006.
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Sumario:The current trend toward machine-scoring of student work, Ericsson and Haswell argue, has created an emerging issue with implications for higher education across the disciplines, but with particular importance for those in English departments and in administration. The academic community has been silent on the issue-some would say excluded from it-while the commercial entities who develop essay-scoring software have been very active. Machine Scoring of Student Essays is the first volume to seriously consider the educational mechanisms and consequences of this trend, and it off
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (275 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781283283496
9786613283498
9780874215366
Acceso:Open Access