torsdag 15 september 2011

AI makes the grade


The students answered questions using SAGrader, an online service developed by Idea Works of Columbia, Missouri. SAGrader parsed their answers, which could be several paragraphs long, using artificial intelligence techniques designed to extract meaning from text. " Andrew Klobucar made similar observations after watching around 30 of his students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark use a tool called e-rater. Developed by ETS in Princeton, New Jersey, the system analyses essays and provides feedback on everything from grammar and spelling to the use of paragraphs....[Read the full article]