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Sunday, May 01, 2005
Teachers look to computers to critique student writing - MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press
Stacks of student essays riddled with flaws - the thought alone was enough to make Ed Brent look to pass on the work of his Introduction to Sociology class. Students in Brent's course at the University of Missouri-Columbia now submit drafts of their papers through an online interface he developed. It identifies how many points Brent wanted included that actually were, and how well concepts were explained. Within seconds, students have a score.

 



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