The Nature of Automated Essay Scoring Feedback

Autor/in	Dikli, Semire
Titel	The Nature of Automated Essay Scoring Feedback
Quelle	In: CALICO Journal, 28 (2010) 1, S.99-134 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-7778
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Scoring; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Essays; Second Language Instruction; Adult Students; Intensive Language Courses; Computer Assisted Instruction; Case Studies; Language Teachers; Interviews; Observation; Writing Evaluation; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewertung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Intensivkurs; Sprachkurs; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of feedback that English as a Second Language (ESL) students received on their writings either from an automated essay scoring (AES) system or from the teacher. The participants were 12 adult ESL students who were attending an intensive English center at a university in Florida. The drafts of the students were analyzed in depth from a case-study perspective. While the document (essay) analysis was the main data collection method, observations and interviews provided crucial information regarding the context in which the students wrote and the nature of each type of feedback they received. The results revealed that the nature of the AES feedback and written teacher feedback (TF) feedback was different from each other. While the written TF was shorter and more focused, the AES feedback was quite long, generic, and redundant. The findings suggested that AES systems are not entirely ready to meet the needs of ESL or English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. The developing companies need to improve the feedback capabilities of the program for nonnative English-speaking students, that is, less redundancy, shorter feedback, simpler language for feedback, and feedback for short/off topic/repetitious essays. (Contains 10 figures, 6 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10