Many serious writing teachers have resisted the use of automated essay scoring (AES) in writing classrooms long before natural language AI existed. The Writing Committee under the aegis of the Faculty Senate at Sacramento State discussed AES briefly at one meeting at least 15 years ago, but rejected the idea. A priority for the committee, the writing across the curriculum program might be more palatable to disciplinary faculty not sold on writing if essays could be reliably and validly machine scored. Furthermore, writing in large lecture General Education courses could become more frequent. But the risk of perpetuating reductive effects on learning to write from using the five-paragraph essay, legitimizing a formula for writing in order to spread the word (literally), was anathema. AES would have a narrowing effect on the teaching of writing, restricting the nuances of writing as it is used in disciplinary discourse.
Bot Feedback and Scoring of Student Writing
Bot Feedback and Scoring of Student Writing
Bot Feedback and Scoring of Student Writing
Many serious writing teachers have resisted the use of automated essay scoring (AES) in writing classrooms long before natural language AI existed. The Writing Committee under the aegis of the Faculty Senate at Sacramento State discussed AES briefly at one meeting at least 15 years ago, but rejected the idea. A priority for the committee, the writing across the curriculum program might be more palatable to disciplinary faculty not sold on writing if essays could be reliably and validly machine scored. Furthermore, writing in large lecture General Education courses could become more frequent. But the risk of perpetuating reductive effects on learning to write from using the five-paragraph essay, legitimizing a formula for writing in order to spread the word (literally), was anathema. AES would have a narrowing effect on the teaching of writing, restricting the nuances of writing as it is used in disciplinary discourse.