Assessing Student Understanding of the Text: Comparing Model-Based and Text-Based Approaches to Summary Evaluation

EasyChair Preprint 3820

Abstract

In this study, we proposed two approaches to summary analysis (model-based and text-based) along three dimensions: surface, structure, and semantic. We investigated the power of the two approaches to assess changes in students' summaries. Results demonstrated the theoretical overlap of model-based and the text-based approaches and the potential for a more nuanced account of how students understand text.

Keyphrases: Natural Language Processing, Summary evaluation, formative assessment, mental model, reading comprehension, summary writing

@booklet{EasyChair:3820,
  author    = {Min Kyu Kim and Kathryn McCarthy and Ali Heidari},
  title     = {Assessing Student Understanding of the Text: Comparing Model-Based and Text-Based Approaches to Summary Evaluation},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3820},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}