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Download full textCrossley, Scott; Allen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This study investigates a new approach to automatically assessing essay quality that combines traditional approaches based on assessing textual features with new approaches that measure student attributes such as demographic information, standardized test scores, and survey results. The results demonstrate that combining both text features and…
Descriptors: Automation, Scoring, Essays, Evaluation Methods
Direct linkAllen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
A commonly held belief among educators, researchers, and students is that high-quality texts are easier to read than low-quality texts, as they contain more engaging narrative and story-like elements. Interestingly, these assumptions have typically failed to be supported by the literature on writing. Previous research suggests that higher quality…
Descriptors: Role, Writing (Composition), Natural Language Processing, Hypothesis Testing
Allen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
A commonly held belief among educators, researchers, and students is that high-quality texts are easier to read than low-quality texts, as they contain more engaging narrative and story-like elements. Interestingly, these assumptions have typically failed to be supported by the literature on writing. Previous research suggests that higher quality…
Descriptors: Role, Writing (Composition), Natural Language Processing, Hypothesis Testing
Crossley, Scott A.; Allen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2016
This study investigates a novel approach to automatically assessing essay quality that combines natural language processing approaches that assess text features with approaches that assess individual differences in writers such as demographic information, standardized test scores, and survey results. The results demonstrate that combining text…
Descriptors: Essays, Scoring, Writing Evaluation, Natural Language Processing
Snow, Erica L.; Allen, Laura K.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Crossley, Scott A.; Perret, Cecile A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
Writing researchers have suggested that students who are perceived as strong writers (i.e., those who generate texts rated as high quality) demonstrate flexibility in their writing style. While anecdotally this has been a commonly held belief among researchers and educators, there is little empirical research to support this claim. This study…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, Hypothesis Testing, Essays
Snow, Erica L.; Allen, Laura K.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Crossley, Scott A.; Perret, Cecile A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Writing researchers have suggested that students who are perceived as strong writers (i.e., those who generate texts rated as high quality) demonstrate flexibility in their writing style. While anecdotally this has been a commonly held belief among researchers and educators, there is little empirical research to support this claim. This study…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, Hypothesis Testing, Essays
