Selective writing assessment with tutoring
First Claim
1. A process for monitoring, scoring and providing feedback on written text, the process comprising:
- receiving a student development language selection and a feedback prompt mode selection from a user;
providing a writing assignment to said user in a student development language corresponding to said student development language selection;
monitoring written text input by said user for the writing assignment in said student development language;
scoring, by a processor, said monitored written text to produce at least one score;
providing feedback prompts, via said processor, that include writing improvement instructions for improving said monitored written text input by said user, wherein said feedback prompts are selected as a function of said student development language selection, student proficiency level, said feedback prompt mode selection, and said at least one score for said monitored written text.
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Abstract
An on-line, computerized, software-driven system provides writing assessment of submitted essays with instructional feedback. The feedback incorporates comments and prompts provided to the user which are generated in response to the assessment evaluation of written text. Skill level and developmental level comments, remarks and prompts on various genre specific domain areas are provided in a real-time mode or in a request response mode, as elected by the user. Assessment and scores are provided by machine methods driven by a software engine. All appropriate comments and prompts are generated to the user by analysis logic software operating on a database of genre specific, educationally acceptable comments and prompts.
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21 Claims
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1. A process for monitoring, scoring and providing feedback on written text, the process comprising:
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receiving a student development language selection and a feedback prompt mode selection from a user; providing a writing assignment to said user in a student development language corresponding to said student development language selection; monitoring written text input by said user for the writing assignment in said student development language; scoring, by a processor, said monitored written text to produce at least one score; providing feedback prompts, via said processor, that include writing improvement instructions for improving said monitored written text input by said user, wherein said feedback prompts are selected as a function of said student development language selection, student proficiency level, said feedback prompt mode selection, and said at least one score for said monitored written text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. A system for monitoring, scoring and providing feedback on written text, the system comprising:
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a storage component for program code and data; and a processor for executing the program code, wherein the processor is configured to to; receive a student development language selection and a feedback prompt mode selection; provide a writing assignment to a user in a student development language corresponding to said student development language selection; monitor written text input by said user for the writing assignment in said student development language; score, by a processor, said monitored written text to produce at least one score; provide a feedback prompt that includes writing improvement instructions regarding said monitored written text input by said user, wherein said feedback prompt is selected as a function of said student development language selection, student proficiency level, said feedback prompt mode selection, and said at least one score for said monitored written text. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A process for monitoring, scoring and providing feedback on written text, the process comprising:
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determining a student development language selection and a feedback prompt mode selection based on performance information associated with a user; providing a writing assignment to said user in a student development language corresponding to said determined student development language selection; monitoring written text input by said user for the writing assignment in said student development language; scoring, by a processor, said monitored written text to produce at least one score; providing feedback prompts, via said processor, that include writing improvement instructions for improving said monitored written text input by said user, wherein said feedback prompts are based on said performance information of said user and said at least one score for said monitored written text. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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