Automatic Chinese Essay Scoring Using Connections between Concepts in Paragraphs

Automatic essay scoring (AES) system is a very important research tool for educational studies. Many studies indicate that current AES systems should be able to analyze semantic characteristics of an essay and include more such features to score essays. This study proposes a novel method which uses...

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Published in2009 International Conference on Asian Language Processing pp. 265 - 268
Main Authors Tao-Hsing Chang, Chia-Hoang Lee
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2009
Subjects
automated essay scoring
Chinese writings
Computer science
concept hierarchy
Feature extraction
Humans
Joining processes
Natural languages
paragraphic structure
Phase measurement
Psychometric testing
Rhetoric
System testing
Writing
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Summary:Automatic essay scoring (AES) system is a very important research tool for educational studies. Many studies indicate that current AES systems should be able to analyze semantic characteristics of an essay and include more such features to score essays. This study proposes a novel method which uses the similarity between the paragraphic conceptual connections in different essays to predict the scores of essays. Preliminary experiments show that the paragraphic conceptual structure in an essay can be an efficient feature for scoring the essay.
ISBN:1424453186
0769539041
9781424453184
9780769539041
DOI:10.1109/IALP.2009.63