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Yi Gui – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores using transfer learning in machine learning for natural language processing (NLP) to create generic automated essay scoring (AES) models, providing instant online scoring for statewide writing assessments in K-12 education. The goal is to develop an instant online scorer that is generalizable to any prompt, addressing the…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Natural Language Processing, Writing Evaluation, Scoring
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Forsyth, Carol M.; Luce, Christine; Zapata-Rivera, Diego; Jackson, G. Tanner; Evanini, Keelan; So, Youngsoon – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated a new conversation-based assessment for English language learners. In this assessment, students converse with animated agents in natural language conversations to assess various aspects of English language learning. In a between subjects design, 31 students (N = 31) were asked questions by either the newly created system or…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Formative Evaluation
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Guzman-Orth, Danielle A.; Lopez, Alexis A.; Tolentino, Florencia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this study was to create and prototype a dual language assessment task that allows young English learners to use their entire cadre of linguistic resources (language and non-verbal resources) to obtain information about their emergent language abilities. We developed a dual language assessment task in which students described a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English Language Learners, Language Tests, Task Analysis
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education