Machine Scoring of Student Essays : Truth and Consequences / / edited by Patricia Freitag Ericsson and Richard H. Haswell.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan : : Utah State University Press,, 2006. ©2006. |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283283492 9786613283498 0874215366 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Patricia Freitag Ericsson and Richard H. Haswell. |