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Zachary Himmelsbach; Heather C. Hill; Jing Liu; Dorottya Demszky – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
This study provides the first large-scale quantitative exploration of mathematical language use in U.S. classrooms. Our approach employs natural language processing techniques to describe variation in the use of mathematical language in 1,657 fourth and fifth grade lessons by teachers and students in 317 classrooms in four districts over three…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Mathematics
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Chen, Dandan; Hebert, Michael; Wilson, Joshua – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
We used multivariate generalizability theory to examine the reliability of hand-scoring and automated essay scoring (AES) and to identify how these scoring methods could be used in conjunction to optimize writing assessment. Students (n = 113) included subsamples of struggling writers and non-struggling writers in Grades 3-5 drawn from a larger…
Descriptors: Reliability, Scoring, Essays, Automation
DeKita G. Moon Rembert – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Many students may find math word problems uninteresting; therefore, lacking the motivation to solve them. The content in most math word problems in use today is outdated, deliberately generic, and does not fully engage students. The development of technologies that personalize math word problems seeks to improve the engagement of students.…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Student Interests, Learner Engagement, Educational Technology
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L. Hannah; E. E. Jang; M. Shah; V. Gupta – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
Machines have a long-demonstrated ability to find statistical relationships between qualities of texts and surface-level linguistic indicators of writing. More recently, unlocked by artificial intelligence, the potential of using machines to identify content-related writing trait criteria has been uncovered. This development is significant,…
Descriptors: Validity, Automation, Scoring, Writing Assignments