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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. Well aren't you wonderful. by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rip-off merchant.

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  2. not open source by UlfGabe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    too bad it isn't open source.

    it is also 200 bucks for the student version

    and it only runs on windows

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  3. Mad SEO Skillz by salesgeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If Google can be gamed, I shudder to think what kind of crap you could feed the profs program.

    LOL. Tenure.

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