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Developing a Generic Scorer for Practice Writing Tests of Statewide Assessment Essays with Natural Language Processing Transfer Learning Techniques
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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
Mitigating Gender and L1 Biases in Automated English Speaking Assessment
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Alexander James Kwako – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Automated assessment using Natural Language Processing (NLP) has the potential to make English speaking assessments more reliable, authentic, and accessible. Yet without careful examination, NLP may exacerbate social prejudices based on gender or native language (L1). Current NLP-based assessments are prone to such biases, yet research and…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Natural Language Processing, Native Language, Computational Linguistics
Using Data Preprocessing Techniques and Machine Learning Algorithms to Explore Predictors of Word Difficulty in English Language Assessment
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Mingying Zheng – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The digital transformation in educational assessment has led to the proliferation of large-scale data, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance language learning, and testing through machine learning (ML) techniques. Drawing on the extensive data generated by online English language assessments, this dissertation investigates the efficacy…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
Defining and Assessing Chinese Syntactic Complexity via TC-Units
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Yu, Qiaona – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The triad dimensions of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) has been widely used for assessing second language performance and development. Unlike accuracy and fluency, the construct of Chinese syntactic complexity has not been comprehensibly conceptualized or operationalized. Moreover, not tailored to the typological differences such as the…
Descriptors: Syntax, Chinese, Accuracy, Language Fluency
On Grounding Metaphors in Space: The Role of Metaphorical Connections in Accessing the Abstract Meanings of English Prepositions
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Breaux, Brooke O. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Indirect metaphors are pervasive in everyday language: People talk about "long" vacations, "short" tempers, and "colorful" language. But, why do we use concrete lexical items that are associated with the physical world when we talk about abstract, or non-physical, concepts? A potential answer is provided by proponents…
Descriptors: English, Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages), Figurative Language
Effects of Two Foreign Language Methodologies, Communicative Language Teaching and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling, on Beginning-Level Students' Achievement, Fluency, and Anxiety
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Spangler, Donna E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
No empirical studies exist comparing the effectiveness of the two prevalent foreign language methodologies, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS), at helping students achieve second language acquisition. In turn, the purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages)