Assessment of learners’ understanding: an experimental result

Lajis, Adidah and Abdul Aziz, Normaziah (2009) Assessment of learners’ understanding: an experimental result. In: 2009 International Conference on Computer Technology and Development, 13th-15 November, 2009, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Assessing leaner’s answers is very time consuming for educators and limits them to be involved in other activities. In many cases, exam papers comprise of questions that require learners to write at least one or two sentences to express their understanding. 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, information extraction and artificial intelligence. 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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	5505/1325(Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Technology and Development ICCTD '09, ISBN: 9780769538921)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	entropy, assisted assessment
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Ms Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2011 15:19
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2020 09:10
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/1325

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