Abstract:
Reading comprehension tasks are commonly used for developing students' reading ability. In order to adaptively recommend reading comprehension materials to students engag...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Reading comprehension tasks are commonly used for developing students' reading ability. In order to adaptively recommend reading comprehension materials to students engaged in computerized testing, the information in an item bank (a collection of test items stored in a dataset) must be effectively indexed. Familiarity with the topics present in the documents influences students' reading performance. As different question types require different skills, we tag documents with topics and questions with their corresponding types to measure the students' abilities and subsequently recommend relevant materials to them. However, automatic tagging has not been extensively studied in this field. In this article, we propose a document extraction attention network (DEAN) to accomplish the two aforementioned tasks. For topic tagging, DEAN utilizes questions to increase the sample size of documents implicitly through multitask learning. For type tagging, DEAN leverages the information gathered from documents, which aids in the task of prediction. Experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our mutual use of information obtained from documents and questions. Results indicate that DEAN outperforms commonly used text classification methods when tested on a reading comprehension dataset.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 13, Issue: 3, 01 July-Sept. 2020)
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School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Bo Sun received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2004.
He is currently a Team Leader with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, and an Associate Dean with the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University. He has participated in many Chinese national programs as the Main Researcher. His research interests include i...Show More
Bo Sun received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2004.
He is currently a Team Leader with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, and an Associate Dean with the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University. He has participated in many Chinese national programs as the Main Researcher. His research interests include i...View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yunzong Zhu received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from Hunan University, Changsha, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in e-learning.
Yunzong Zhu received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from Hunan University, Changsha, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in e-learning.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Zeng Yao received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing and visual question answering.
Zeng Yao received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing and visual question answering.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Rong Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2016.
She is currently a Lecturer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include intelligent learning systems, artificial intelligence in e-learning, and the Intern...Show More
Rong Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2016.
She is currently a Lecturer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include intelligent learning systems, artificial intelligence in e-learning, and the Intern...View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yongkang Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005.
He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing. His research interests include computer networks, wireless Ad Hoc networks, and information man...Show More
Yongkang Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005.
He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing. His research interests include computer networks, wireless Ad Hoc networks, and information man...View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yungang Wei received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2010.
He is currently a Senior Engineer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. His research interests include virtual reality education application, the structure and evolution of socia...Show More
Yungang Wei received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2010.
He is currently a Senior Engineer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. His research interests include virtual reality education application, the structure and evolution of socia...View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Bo Sun received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2004.
He is currently a Team Leader with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, and an Associate Dean with the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University. He has participated in many Chinese national programs as the Main Researcher. His research interests include image processing, natural language processing, and e-learning system research.
Prof. Sun is a Member of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Bo Sun received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2004.
He is currently a Team Leader with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, and an Associate Dean with the College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University. He has participated in many Chinese national programs as the Main Researcher. His research interests include image processing, natural language processing, and e-learning system research.
Prof. Sun is a Member of the Association for Computing Machinery.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yunzong Zhu received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from Hunan University, Changsha, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in e-learning.
Yunzong Zhu received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from Hunan University, Changsha, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in e-learning.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Zeng Yao received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing and visual question answering.
Zeng Yao received the B.S. degree in computer science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. He is currently working toward the M.S. degree in computer application technology with Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
His research interests include natural language processing and visual question answering.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Rong Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2016.
She is currently a Lecturer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include intelligent learning systems, artificial intelligence in e-learning, and the Internet of Things.
Rong Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2016.
She is currently a Lecturer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include intelligent learning systems, artificial intelligence in e-learning, and the Internet of Things.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yongkang Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005.
He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing. His research interests include computer networks, wireless Ad Hoc networks, and information management systems.
Yongkang Xiao received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005.
He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing. His research interests include computer networks, wireless Ad Hoc networks, and information management systems.View more

School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Technology and Educational Application, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
Yungang Wei received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2010.
He is currently a Senior Engineer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. His research interests include virtual reality education application, the structure and evolution of social networks, and social interaction.
Yungang Wei received the Ph.D. degree in educational technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, in 2010.
He is currently a Senior Engineer with the College of Information Science and Technology, and a Researcher with the Research Center of Software Technology and Engineering, Beijing Normal University. His research interests include virtual reality education application, the structure and evolution of social networks, and social interaction.View more