Generating Scores and Feedback for Writing Assessment and Instruction Using Electronic Process Logs
- Author(s):
- Zhang, Mo; Hao, Jiangang; Deane, Paul
- Patent Issued:
- Mar 30, 2021
- Patent Number:
- 10,964,224
- Source:
- ETS Patent
- Document Type:
- Patent
- Family ID:
- 75164679
- Subject/Key Words:
- Patent, Active Patent, Writing Assessment, Constructed Response, Automated Feedback, Automated Scoring
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for providing feedback on a user's writing behavior in generating a constructed response. An electronic process log for the constructed response is received. The electronic process log is processed to generate a vector having a predetermined number of elements. The vector comprises information related to the user's actions in generating the constructed response and includes (i) data indicating types of actions performed by the user in generating the constructed response, (ii) time points associated with the actions, and (iii) locations associated with the actions, each location indicating whether an associated action occurred within a word, between words, within a phrase, between phrases, within a sentence, between sentences, within a paragraph, or between paragraph. The vector is compared to one or more vectors associated with other constructed responses, and feedback is generated based on the comparison.