Computer-Automated Approach for Scoring Short Essays in an Introductory Statistics Course

Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 40 - 47
Published: Jan 2, 2018
Abstract
Over two semesters short essay prompts were developed for use with the Graphical Interface for Knowledge Structure (GIKS), an automated essay scoring system. Participants were students in an undergraduate-level online introductory statistics course. The GIKS compares students' writing samples with an expert's to produce keyword occurrence and links in common scores which can be used to construct a visual representation of an individual's...
Paper Details
Title
Computer-Automated Approach for Scoring Short Essays in an Introductory Statistics Course
Published Date
Jan 2, 2018
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
40 - 47
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