Abstract
Evaluation of student understanding of learning material is critical to effective teaching. Current computer-aided evaluation tools exist, such as Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT); however, they require expert knowledge to implement and update. We propose a novel task, to create an evaluation tool that can predict student performance (knowledge) based on general performance on test questions without expert curation of the questions or expert understanding of the evaluation tool. We implement two methods for creating such a tool, find both methods lacking, and urge further investigation.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Computer Science
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Armstrong, Piper, "Still No Crystal Ball: Toward an Application for Broad Evaluation of Student Understanding" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 9637.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9637
Date Submitted
2022-08-11
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd12468
Keywords
NLP, educational application, evaluation, topic modeling
Language
english