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Andrew Potter; Mitchell Shortt; Maria Goldshtein; Rod D. Roscoe – Grantee Submission, 2025
Broadly defined, academic language (AL) is a set of lexical-grammatical norms and registers commonly used in educational and academic discourse. Mastery of academic language in writing is an important aspect of writing instruction and assessment. The purpose of this study was to use Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to examine the extent to…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Natural Language Processing, Grammar, Vocabulary Skills
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Fengkai Liu; Yishi Jiang; Chun Lai; Tan Jin – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Differentiated instruction is much demanded yet quite challenging in face of the growing student diversity in today's K-12 classrooms. One major challenge is the provision of differentiated materials to students. Automated text simplification (ATS) tools fueled by natural language processing may serve as a useful assistant for teachers. However,…
Descriptors: Automation, Individualized Instruction, Natural Language Processing, Technology Uses in Education
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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Thomas K. F. Chiu; Benjamin Luke Moorhouse; Ching Sing Chai; Murod Ismailov – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances technologically, it will inevitably bring many changes to classroom practices. However, research on AI in education reflects a weak connection to pedagogical perspectives or instructional approaches, particularly in K-12 education. AI technologies may benefit motivated and advanced students. Understanding…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education
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Stefan Küchemann; Steffen Steinert; Natalia Revenga; Matthias Schweinberger; Yavuz Dinc; Karina E. Avila; Jochen Kuhn – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
The recent advancement of large language models presents numerous opportunities for teaching and learning. Despite widespread public debate regarding the use of large language models, empirical research on their opportunities and risks in education remains limited. In this work, we demonstrate the qualities and shortcomings of using ChatGPT 3.5…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Man Machine Systems, Physics
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Allen, Laura K.; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
We investigated linguistic factors that relate to misalignment between students' and teachers' ratings of essay quality. Students (n = 126) wrote essays and rated the quality of their work. Teachers then provided their own ratings of the essays. Results revealed that students who were less accurate in their self-assessments produced essays that…
Descriptors: Essays, Scores, Natural Language Processing, Interrater Reliability
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Temple, Codruta; Doerr, Helen M. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify the interactional strategies that one teacher used in a discourse-rich tenth-grade classroom to develop her students' facility with the mathematical register. Viewing the mathematical register as multi-semiotic and having a specific grammatical patterning, we used discourse analysis (Sinclair & Coulthard,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Feedback (Response), Identification, Grade 10
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries