...The Intelligent Essay Assessor: Applications to Educational Technology Peter W. Foltz, New Mexico State University Darrell Laham, Knowledge Analysis Technologies Thomas K. Landauer, University of Colorado Abstract The Intelligent Essay Assessor (IEA) is a set of software tools for scoring the quality of essay content. The IEA uses Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), which is both a computational model of human knowledge representation and a method for extracting semantic similarity of words and passages from text. Simulations of psycholinguistic phenomena show that LSA reflects similarities of human meaning effectively. To assess essay quality, LSA is first trained on domain-representative text. Then student essays are characterized by LSA representations of the meaning of the words used, and they are compared with essays of known quality in regard to their degree of conceptual relevance and the amount of relevant content. Over many diverse topics, the IEA scores agreed with human experts as accurately as expert scores agreed with each other. Implications are discussed for incorporating automatic essay scoring in more general forms of educational technology. 1. Introduction While writing is an essential part of the educational process, many instructors find it difficult to incorporate large numbers of writing assignments in their courses due to the effort required to evaluate them. However, the ability to convey information verbally is an important educational achievement...
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...2003 An Overview of Current Research on Automated Essay Grading Salvatore Valenti, Francesca Neri and Alessandro Cucchiarelli DIIGA - Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy valenti@inform.unian.it neri@inform.unian.it alex@inform.unian.it Executive Summary Essays are considered by many researchers as the most useful tool to assess learning outcomes, implying the ability to recall, organize and integrate ideas, the ability to express oneself in writing and the ability to supply merely than identify interpretation and application of data. It is in the measurement of such outcomes, corresponding to the evaluation and synthesis levels of the Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy that the essay questions serve their most useful purpose. One of the difficulties of grading essays is represented by the perceived subjectivity of the grading process. Many researchers claim that the subjective nature of essay assessment leads to variation in grades awarded by different human assessors, which is perceived by students as a great source of unfairness. This issue may be faced through the adoption of automated assessment tools for essays. A system for automated assessment would at least be consistent in the way it scores essays, and enormous cost and time savings could be achieved if the system can be shown to grade essays within the range of those awarded by human assessors. This paper presents an overview of current approaches to the automated assessment of free text answers. Ten systems...
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...Google البحث الآمن ▼ حوالي ٣٤٬٢٠٠ من النتائج (عدد الثواني: 0,48) نتائج البحث Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation: Current ... - صفحة 125 https://books.google.com.sa/books?isbn... - ترجم هذه الصفحة Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein - 2013 - معاينة - المزيد من الإصدارات Current Applications and New Directions Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein. models resulting from machine learning must be effective at reproducing human assessment, which requires weighing the complexity and thoroughness of a ... Machine Learning Algorithms for Problem Solving in ... - صفحة 136 https://books.google.com.sa/books?isbn... - ترجم هذه الصفحة Kulkarni, Siddhivinayak - 2012 - معاينة - المزيد من الإصدارات It consists of essays written by English language students who are studying English in their third or fourth year at university. The corpus currently has over 3 million words from students from 16 different native languages. The target for each ... Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in ... - صفحة 58 https://books.google.com.sa/books?isbn... - ترجم هذه الصفحة Brian H. Ross - 2002 - معاينة - المزيد من الإصدارات The larger the number and variety of essay grades there were to mimic, the better the human graders agreed with each ... for machine-learning techniques to outperform humans, for example, because they can compare every essay to every ... Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Technology ... - صفحة 545 https://books...
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...DDBA 8160: Business Strategy and Innovation Student Support and Calendar Information: So that you have all key information available to you offline, it is highly recommended that you print out the following items for your reference: * This Syllabus * Term Calendar * Instructor and Student Support Info Course Number and Title DDBA 8160: Business Strategy and Innovation Credits 3 credits Catalog Description This course focuses on the development and implementation of business strategies that enable competitive advantage, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment and innovation in which the organization competes and forecasting how that environment may change. Course assignments focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills and the integration of professional practice at the doctoral level. Learning Objectives Stated in Terms of Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, you will be able to: * Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of traditional concepts of strategic management and thinking, including models of business-level competitive advantage * Evaluate contemporary challenges to traditional strategic management and thinking models * Apply systems-thinking principles to the framing and analysis of business problems and opportunities * Develop innovative business strategies designed to achieve sustainable solutions * Synthesize principles of sustainable strategic management...
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...anymore. Electronic email can be used and not interrupt the recipient. The recipients can respond immediately or at a later time.Virtual calls and meetings allow for distant participation in meetings without everyone actually being physically present. Clients, business partners and employees can telecommunicate from their location of choice. The use of mobile of technology has eliminated the importance of an actual physical office space. Work can be done while traveling, across continents, or even from home. Even employees in the same office can chat, share projects, SKYPE to share screens and make group decisions without even being in the same room. Customer Service Departments use technology to serve customers in a timely manner as well. Automated phone systems and email expedite customer service questions and issues. The volume of communication has increased but the length has decreased. Whatever comes up is communicated immediately. However, information is broken into topics with multiple communications. There is little loss of time with the use of technology, meetings and communications can be picked up right where they were left off. Technology is also credited for saving businesses money and time....
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...in comparison with another one that is comparable from technical specification to customer satisfaction. III. To present with the aid of slides (6 to 10) about the study conducted above to the rest of the class in about 10 minutes with the use of print for information and slides for graphs, pictures, images, video and animations etc. Note to teachers: • A teacher may guide only 6 to a maximum of ten students per year. This is to ensure active participation of each learner. • All 96 hours need NOT be contact hours by the teacher. Students may be encouraged to do activities on their own with peer group to ensure higher level of participation. • There are ten different tasks to be completed in the course of 96 hours. On completion of each task, record the result and the marks along with the initials of the learner for future reference, inspection and evaluation. • A few activities are suggested under each task. Teachers can improvise on the list and add more activities as they progress from one batch to another. • Students should not be compared with each other; instead they must be compared to the standards given against each task. • The standard suggested is minimum requirement,...
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...of 200 AUD only in 24 hour PRBA007-assignment2-sem0220155 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. Due Date This assignment may be submitted at or before 12 midnight on Sunday of Study Week 13 (25 October 2015). Lodgement • The Assignment must include a coversheet that shows the student full name, student number, campus, and lecturer’s name. Do not use the standard CDU Assignment Cover Sheet templates. • Assignment must be lodged online via the PRBA007 Learnline Assignment Lodgement link on the CDU PRBA007 Learnline site . • Ensure your file is named using a file naming convention that allows the lecturer to identify to whom it belongs. Failure to use an acceptable file naming convention may result in your assignment lodgement being rejected. • DO NOT LODGE VIA EMAILor FAX - assignments lodged by email or fax will not be accepted. • KEEP A COPY - Ensure you have a copy of the assignment lodged. If you have submitted assessment work electronically please make sure you have a backup copy. • It is the students’ responsibility to ensure that submission of the assignment is successful. Get Assignment help for this module at cduassignhelp@gmail.com at discounted prices of 200 AUD only...
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...administrator who thinks that the latest technologies are finally going to enable us to teach our students well, or do you at least hope that’s the case? If so, you should reconsider, because the vaunted elements of the latest technologies have been around for some 100 years. It isn’t having the technology, but using the technology that is key to helping students learn well. For at least the past decade there has been much talk about the advantages of highly sophisticated online courses and the use of online tools in traditional courses. One of the significant advantages of technology-enhanced courses, it is said, is that they can be tailored to individual students’ needs, and thus achieve desired learning outcomes for each student better and faster. Consider for example, this quote from the website of the Apollo Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix: "Based upon the belief that learning is not a one-size-fits-all experience, Apollo Technology developed the technology to deliver data-driven, personalized education tailored to the individual. Apollo Technology’s unique student data system collects and analyzes individual student data, and delivers automatic just-in-time guidance that can significantly improve student outcomes." In 2010, the University of Phoenix announced a new Learning Management System, the Learning Genome Project, that "gets to know each of its 400,000 students personally and adapts to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of their 'learning DNA.'" Similarly...
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...690012 Writing Essays on a Laptop or a Desktop Computer: Does It Matter? Guangming Ling and Brent Bridgeman Educational Testing Service To explore the potential effect of computer type on the Test of English as a Foreign Language–Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT) Writing Test, a sample of 444 international students was used. The students were randomly assigned to either a laptop or a desktop computer to write two TOEFL iBT practice essays in a simulated testing environment, followed by a survey of computer experience. The survey results suggested that the participants had extensive experience using computers, had more experience with laptops than with desktops, and preferred using the laptop computers to the desktop computers. The computer type (laptop or desktop computer) was found to have a negligible effect on essay performance (essay score, essay length, and writing speed). However, other factors, including gender, regional background, daily experience with laptop or desktop computers, preference for a particular pointing device, and previous TOEFL experience, were found to be significantly related to essay performance but did not interact with computer type. Keywords: computer type effects, desktop, e-rater, essay length, essay score, laptop, writing speed INTRODUCTION When large-scale computer-based testing began in the early 1990s, testing centers were equipped with standard desktop computers. At the time, this was the computer type most familiar to students. Testing on what...
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...IBPS clerk interview best successful tips: all questions answered. Tweet Submitted by BeingHuman March 13, 2012 - 40 weeks 8 hours ago IBPS has been one of the most successful organizations in the recent months in giving the Indian job seekers a ray of hope to enter the banks. The public sector banks will be calling up nearly 1 lakh candidates for interview from the list of IBPS clerk passed candidates. The query for IBPS clerk interview pattern and techniques to crack them has been the major concern among the candidates in the recent reports. So, the most effective and best IBPS clerk interview success tips have been bunched up together in this article and presented before the candidates to get most out of the public sector and private sector bank clerical interviews in the coming months. This report has been made up by some of the successful candidates in PO and clerical interviews from the major banks. Lets get into the questions and their definite answers. Query on how should I present myself in front of the judging panel? Ans: You should be correct on time and keep an eye on your documents that they are properly stacked according to preference or not. It shows a disciplined character of the candidate towards the panel. Dress up in formals and keep hairs and nails neat and clean. When you are to enter the room, ask for permission in a calm yet confident tone. And ask if you can seat when you go in front of them, sit when they ask you to sit. Calmly be firm and straight...
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...R. Ramirez Dental Clinic Software for Patient Transaction, Appointment and Transaction Record System A Project Study Presented to the College of Informatics and Computing Sciences Batangas State University Batangas City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course CpE410– Software Engineering By: Cultura, Kristine Dimaano, Jhun Vincent D. Ulep, Joanna Paula B. IT-3205 2015-2016 Acknowledgement First of all, the researchers would like to thank God for giving them strength and knowledge in the development of R. Ramirez Dental Clinic Software for the Patient Transaction, Schedule and Sales Record System, because without Him this project might not be successful and possible. Second, the researchers also acknowledge the love and understanding of their parents which help them believe in themselves, guided and supported the project until the end. Third, we researchers would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the cooperation, initiation and passion of each team member comprises of Joanna Paula Ulep, Jhun Vincent Dimaano and Kristine Cultura and to those who provided them the possibility to complete this project. An appreciation and gratitude we give to our instructor Engr. Jennifer L. Marasigan, who also encourage us do this project and with that the researchers develop a system that would help small businesses to generate database and transactions. To our client Dr. Roldan Ramirez, our genuine gratefulness to him for giving...
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...enough in processing record systems such as, creation of data records, storing, filing and retrieval of data. The San Mateo Municipal College has increased in student`s population and at the same time, the number of works of the registrar and student`s grades to be processed has also increased. One of the responsibilities of the registrar office is to keep the student`s grades data secured for their records and purposes. In order to provide an affordable and accessible tertiary to the youth and residents of the Municipality of San Mateo, they passed and signed Ordinance No. 2004-013 which established the Pamantasan ng Bayan ng San Mateo. PBSM formally opened its doors in 2005 to the first 306 San Mateo College students. Mr. Narciso E. Quesada is the one who founded the Pamantasan ng Bayan ng San Mateo. He is also the first president of PBSM. On June 2, 2011, PBSM was renamed to San Mateo Municipal College through ordinance No. 2011-008. The student population reached a total of 1033 in school year 2012-2013. Mr. Roberto C. San Pedro is the current president of SMMC. In the total of 1033 students, there are 529 first year students on a percentage of 51.21%; 266 second year students on a percentage of 25.75%; 115 third year students on a percentage of 11.13%; and 123 fourth year students on a percentage of 11.90%. There are 6 colleges on SMMC; there are Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration...
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...1/22/07 3:37 PM Page i RP OS T ElletFM.qxp THE DO N OT C OP YO CASE STUDY HANDBOOK 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page ii DO N OT C OP YO RP OS T ElletFM.qxp 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iii RP OS T ElletFM.qxp YO THE OP CASE STUDY HANDBOOK How to Read, Discuss, and OT C Write Persuasively About Cases DO N William Ellet Harvard Business School Press Boston, Massachusetts 1/22/07 3:37 PM Page iv RP OS T ElletFM.qxp Copyright 2007 William Ellet YO All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 OP No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. The copyright on each case in this book unless otherwise noted is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and they are published herein by express permission. Permission requests to use individual Harvard copyrighted cases should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to the Permissions Editor, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. OT C Case material of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration is made possible by the...
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...subject matter. The computerized world is highly efficient one, which processing the big quantities of data and keeping. Computer can be considered as another instrument for developing a system like grading system in every school. This can be a great help to those teachers who are handling many task from providing easier and faster access. Through the advancement of Education System in the Philippines and the application of K-12 system in public and private schools, the systems of grading and recording must be restructured together with the development of the country’s system. K-12 system of assessment critically changed and made assimilation with the international countries. The ideal system focused on the decisive purpose of quality assuring student learning. The said education system is also a standard-based to guarantee the productive teaching of teachers to help the students aspire through their goal. The propagation of technology greatly helps the teachers and students to have efficient outcome of paper works. With this computerized systems every record of students’ activities will be accumulated by the teacher or the user. It will increase the accuracy and will lessen the errors of computation because this system reduced their workload by eliminating the need for manual computation and recording each the grade. The common problems encountered in manual recording and...
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...A Former Harvard Business School Admissions Board Member Reveals the Insider Keys to Getting In • Prepare your resume and professional record • Discover the differences between business schools • Top essay and interview strategies • Behind the scenes of the admissions process • Qualitative factors that can make you stand out • Application insights from insiders Chioma isiadinso, M.ed. former Admissions Board Member of Harvard Business School The Best Business Schools’ Admissions Secrets A Former Harvard Business School Admissions Board Member Reveals the Insider Keys to Getting In Chioma Isiadinso, M.ED. © 2008 by Chioma Isiadinso Cover and internal design © 2008 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Cover photo © Punchstock Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. —From...
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