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NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding

Assessment is an important component of learning and it also noted that many academic examination make heavy used of short answers. This assessment can be a tedious task. However, there are not many computer-based assessment tools due to limitations in computerized marking technology. Our research...

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Main Authors: Lajis, Adidah, Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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T Technology (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.380342014-09-05T03:03:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38034/ NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding Lajis, Adidah Abdul Aziz, Normaziah T Technology (General) Assessment is an important component of learning and it also noted that many academic examination make heavy used of short answers. This assessment can be a tedious task. However, there are not many computer-based assessment tools due to limitations in computerized marking technology. Our research attempts to address this limitation by introducing a technique to evaluate short free text answer. It is based on a hybrid approach that combines natural language processing, node-link representation and information theory. A textual answer is converted into a node link representation to extract the hidden knowledge structure. We then apply excess entropy to compute the amount of known information for each model and later compute the score accordingly. Results show that the proposed technique can be applied for the assessment of learners’ understanding in tertiary and school level for science domain. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38034/1/NL_Scoring_Technique_for_the_Assessment_of_Learners%27_Understanding.pdf Lajis, Adidah and Abdul Aziz, Normaziah (2010) NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding. In: Second International Conference on Computer Research and Development (ICCRD 2010), 7-10 May 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5489581
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Lajis, Adidah
Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
description Assessment is an important component of learning and it also noted that many academic examination make heavy used of short answers. This assessment can be a tedious task. However, there are not many computer-based assessment tools due to limitations in computerized marking technology. Our research attempts to address this limitation by introducing a technique to evaluate short free text answer. It is based on a hybrid approach that combines natural language processing, node-link representation and information theory. A textual answer is converted into a node link representation to extract the hidden knowledge structure. We then apply excess entropy to compute the amount of known information for each model and later compute the score accordingly. Results show that the proposed technique can be applied for the assessment of learners’ understanding in tertiary and school level for science domain.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lajis, Adidah
Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
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Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
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title NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
title_short NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
title_full NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
title_fullStr NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
title_full_unstemmed NL scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
title_sort nl scoring technique for the assessment of learners' understanding
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38034/1/NL_Scoring_Technique_for_the_Assessment_of_Learners%27_Understanding.pdf
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