" Automated scoring engines [...] require a careful balancing of the contributions of
technology, NLP, psychometrics, artificial intelligence, and the learning sciences. The …

This paper describes the process of design and construction of a data warehouse (“DW”) for
an online learning platform using three prominent technologies, Microsoft SQL Server …

In this study, we examine the extent to which education agencies and assessment
organizations assess the writing process in existing large-scale assessments, and where …

Peer review plays a pivotal role in shaping collaborative learning environments and
evaluating student engagement, but there is a lack of research on the relational dynamics …

Student peer review of drafts in progress was a staple of writing instruction for decades
before computers: students exchange and discussed typed or handwritten drafts in small …

• Background: Research incorporating large data sets and data and text mining
methodologies is making initial contributions to writing studies. In writing program …

Although peer review is a common practice in writing classrooms, there are still few studies
that analyze written patterns in students' peer reviews across multiple institutional contexts …

This Element explores relationships between collocations, writing quality, and learner and
contextual variables in a first-year composition (FYC) programme. Comprising three studies …

• Background: Employing natural language processing and latent semantic analysis, the
current work was completed as a constituent part of a larger research project for designing …

In the last 20 years a range of approaches have been adopted to facilitate assessment of
learning as well as assessment for learning. With the increased interest in measuring …