Teachers leave grading up to the computer
Teachers leave grading up to the computer | CNET News.com
As a teacher, I couldn't pass up this piece. I have often said that any teacher who could come up with a way to grade essays more quickly would likely be canonized by the educational establishment. Well, it seems that one university professor may be almost to sainthood. The University of Missouri is using a new program designed to help grade student essays by scanning for keywords, phrases and language patterns. Apparently it is only used on initial drafts of papers, while the final draft is indeed graded by a human person. I know that this can be unnerving to students, but if I had to grade 140 papers in a writing intensive course, I might be looking for this program too.
As a teacher, I couldn't pass up this piece. I have often said that any teacher who could come up with a way to grade essays more quickly would likely be canonized by the educational establishment. Well, it seems that one university professor may be almost to sainthood. The University of Missouri is using a new program designed to help grade student essays by scanning for keywords, phrases and language patterns. Apparently it is only used on initial drafts of papers, while the final draft is indeed graded by a human person. I know that this can be unnerving to students, but if I had to grade 140 papers in a writing intensive course, I might be looking for this program too.
posted by Fr. Seraphim Beshoner, TOR @ 12:18 AM
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