Automatic grading of short answers using Large Language Models in software engineering courses

• Main Authors: TA, Nguyen Binh Duong, CHAI, Yi Meng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: automatic grading; embedding; large language models; short answers; software engineering courses; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Higher Education; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9267; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10267/viewcontent/Automatic_Grading_Educon_2024_final__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Short-answer based questions have been used widely due to their effectiveness in assessing whether the desired learning outcomes have been attained by students. However, due to their open-ended nature, many different answers could be considered entirely or partially correct for the same question. In...