Brain, Digital, & Learning

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Development of an Unsupervised LearningBased Automated Evaluation System of Descriptive Assessment

1Seoul National University
2Pukyong National University
3Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
4Kangwon National University
5Ewha Womans University

Correspondence to Jisun Park, jpark29@ewha.ac.kr(Corresponding Author’s e-mail)

Brain, Digital, & Learning. Volume 13, Number 4, 339–351, December 2023. https://doi.org/10.31216/BDL.20230021
Received on November 21, 2023, Revised on December 11, 2023, Accepted on December 14, 2023, Published on December 31, 2023.
Copyright © 2023. Institute of Brain based Education, Korea National University of Education This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Current research on automatic scoring using traditional supervised learning methods cannot grade responses to questions that are newly generated or created spontaneously. Additionally, relying on pre-developed questions and their corresponding scoring models for lesson planning may limit the creativity and diversity of instruction. This study proposes a method that can quickly evaluate student responses and generate feedback without the need for pre-developed models. We introduces the SAAI system, which employs unsupervised learning techniques to instantly create scoring models based on student responses, thereby generating evaluation and feedback information. The SAAI system complements the automatic scoring of traditional supervised learning methods and supports scoring for a wide range of newly generated questions. This research elucidates the principles and significance of this system.
Keywords

unsupervised learning, automatic evaluation, descriptive assessment, AI-based assessment

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