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Computer Program Makes Essay Grading Easier

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the scantron-grows-stronger dept.

phresno writes "c|Net is running a short article on Prof. Bent at the Columbia, Mo., University. The Prof. has developed a computer program which he now uses to grade his sociology students' essays. He claims the program can discern content, and argument flow within sentence and paragraph structure, and has saved him over two hundred hours of reading per semester. How long before he's replaced entirely by his own program to cut down on staff costs?"

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  1. Save $$$ on tuition now? by d474 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So since the professor's time is worth about $36.00/hour and he spends 200 less hours on reading papers...

    200 hours * $32.00 = $7200

    He teaches about 84 students...

    $7200 / 84 = $85.71 refund for each student. It's party time!

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