A COMPUTER GRADING STUDENTS' ESSAYS

ACCORDING TO SOME AUTHORS
1. ADVANTAGES
  1. It can reliably identify certain characteristics of the texts
    1. It can help students to rewrite their essays for a better grade
  2. It can assign a grade to specific aspects
    1. In some cases, it is more reliable than human grading
  3. It can use a formula to generate a general essay grade
    1. It helps to reduce costs in hiring human raters
    2. It can generate more free time for teachers to teach
2. DISADVANTAGES
  1. It is not so reliable analyzing more complex aspects
    1. It can't measure aspects such as eloquence or understanding
    2. It can't reliably measure the creative structure and its variables
      1. Vision
      2. Creativity
      3. Logical progression
  2. It can't provide feedback and coaching in the way as a human does
    1. It can't teach about the importance of human communication or certain kinds of values
    2. It can't point out diversity in readings and interpretations
  3. Computers can only think within their programmed parameters
    1. They can't recognize the infinite possibilities of a well-written text
    2. They can't measure essential aspects for effective written communication
      1. Convincing argument
      2. Accuracy
      3. Ethical stance
      4. Reasoning
      5. Clarity
      6. Organization
MY FEELINGS
1. POSITIVES
  1. It can give me reliable feedback on specific aspects of the essay
    1. Vocabulary
    2. Grammar rules
    3. Use of connectors
  2. I can interact with it to improve technical aspects of my essay
  3. As a teacher, it can facilitate my work when I have many things to grade
  4. I think it can be useful to reduce and control plagiarism
2. NEGATIVES
  1. It doesn't have the knowledge about human experience that a teacher has
    1. I can't consider it as an autonomous being but as a useful tool
    2. It can't give me deep opinions about what I express in my essay
    3. I can't argue with it about my thoughts
  2. It could leave out important communicative aspects
    1. Philosophical conception
      1. The argumentative basis
    2. Social context
      1. Personal thoughts and beliefs
    3. Affective exchange
      1. Ethical and moral rules
      2. The possibility of touching the reader
  3. Reliability and Trust
    1. I don't trust the judgment of a machine on a personal expressive exercise
    2. I would question the grades obtained by not knowing the parameters with which software was programmed
    3. I consider that the results in aspects such as creativity or critical sense would never be reliable

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