Criterion SM Online Essay Evaluation: An Application for Automated Evaluation of Student Essays Jill Burstein Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 jburstein@ets.org Martin Chodorow Department of Psychology Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 martin.chodorow@hunter.cuny.edu Claudia Leacock Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 cleacock@ets.org Abstract This paper describes a deployed educational technology application:
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At times, thoughts of walking away crossed my mind due to the short amount of time. It was as if I was fighting an inner war with myself. However, once I started writing the essays it became something easy and natural for me. I was able to finish both essays on time and I felt as I won to my other side who said that I was not capable. After a few weeks, the test results were posted and to my surprised I passed the CBEST and got a high score on the writing section
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an early childhood experience from the viewpoints of herself as an adult. Ms. Dillard’s essay uncovers the differences between how adults and children view the world and seek happiness. However, there are a couple points to this essay. It seems as though, one of the author’s main points was to convey the message that some of the simplest moments in her life were also the happiest and most memorable. For example, she says, “I got in trouble throwing snowballs, and have seldom been happier since”. Also
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English 49 09 May 2012 As a non-native speaker who immigrated to the U.S. two years ago, English is a big obstacle for me in communication. I have had many difficult times speaking and understanding English when talking to others. Writing an essay was almost impossible for me to think of. Realizing how difficult it was to experience these linguistic difficulties, I then decided to go back to school to improve my English skills. Therefore, English became especially essential for me to succeed
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6-9:40 pm October 21, 2013 Reader response #3”A Wobegon Holiday Dinner “ A Wobegon Holiday Dinner is an essay, that Garrison Keillor shared a memorable Thanksgiving that he had with his family. Which he recalled after calling his cousin “Duke” (Mary Ann) of an embarrassing episode that she had in thanks giving years ago, when she vomited at that thanksgiving. This essay takes back years ago, when I had to witnessed an event that is really similar which happened to Keillor’s cousin.
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7 Simple Steps for the M7 Assignment The Worldview Essay Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop and complete the assignment from Module 1. You will be writing again about your personal worldview. Now that you are a worldview expert, this should be a piece of cake, especially if you follow the directions below. Step #1 – Read, Read, Read! a) Read the Module 7 lecture (CLASSROOM>>CANYON CONNECT>>Module 7 Readings) b) Read chapters 12, 13 and 15 from the textbook c)
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society but by himself as well. This essay is primarily concerned with questions of race and interaction between people of different races in different times and places. As Ellison travels from a community of apparent segregation (South) to the (North), he learns that distinctions between cultures are not as definite as they may seem. This idea of masking became a very important concept because of the transition between the north and south. There were a few examples in the story were people were hiding
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yourself. For example, a student has to write an essay on a specific topic, but because of a full schedule including sports and music lessons, along with poor time management, the student finds himself sitting at the computer the night before the essay is due, completely drawing a blank when it comes to beginning the essay. It is easy to go on the internet, search for the topic and then find several websites dedicated to essays on that topic. The student using another person’s essay as their own will
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A VISUAL GUIDE TO ESSAY WRITING Dr Valli Rao, Associate Professor Kate Chanock, and Dr Lakshmi Krishnan use a visual approach to walk students through the most important processes in essay writing for university: formulating, refining, and expressing academic argument. ‘MetamorTHESIS‘ Your main argument or thesis is your position in answer to the essay question. It changes and develops as you undertake your reading and research towards the essay. how to develop & communicate academic
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to 2 (or more) classmates by Apr. 14 by 11:59pm. 3. Write: Response 3: Minimum Word Count: 500 words. Due Apr. 14 by 11:59pm in Assignments, R3. 4. Write: Essay 2 Rough Draft: Analysis. Due Apr. 17 by 11:59pm. Turn in under E2R in Assignments. Specifics for Response 3: 1. Prompt: Further the research of one topic in Food, Inc. (for example, you might further research cloned foods and the law regarding labeling, illegal immigrants' status in the meatpacking industry, or the level of chemical additives
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