Authors:
Erik Kanebrant
1
;
Katarina Heimann Mühlenbock
2
;
Sofie Johansson Kokkinakis
2
;
Arne Jönsson
1
;
Caroline Liberg
3
;
Åsa af Geijerstam
3
;
Jenny Wiksten Folkeryd
3
and
Johan Falkenjack
1
Affiliations:
1
Linköping University, Sweden
;
2
Göteborg University, Sweden
;
3
Uppsala University, Sweden
Keyword(s):
Reading Assessment, Vaocabulary Assessment, Teacher and Student Feedback.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Educating the Educators
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Learning Analytics
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Mentoring and Tutoring
;
Metrics and Performance Measurement
Abstract:
We present a tool, termed T-Master, for assessing students' language skills on a variety of dimensions. T-Master uses sophisticated measures for assessing a student's reading ability and vocabulary understanding. Texts are selected based on their difficulty using novel readability measures and tests are created based on the texts. The tests allow us to measure a student's individual reading ability and vocabulary understanding, on a variety of dimensions. The results are analyzed, in T-Master, and the numerical results are mapped to textual descriptions that describe the student's reading abilities on the dimensions being analysed. These results are then presented to the teacher in a form that is easily comprenedible, who can inspect each individual student.