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The problem with education technology : (hint : it's not the technology) / Ben Fink, Robin Brown.

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"Explains large-scale grading of student essays by automated scoring software, the technology and what it does and doesn't do, and the form that it has taken in the classroom and our culture. Explains the problem and how teachers, students, and citizens can work to solve it"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Fink, Ben, 1984- (Author)
Other Authors: Brown, Robin, 1944 May 22-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]
Series:Current arguments in composition.
Subjects:
Examinations > United States > Scoring > Data processing.
Grading and marking (Students) > United States > Data processing.
Educational tests and measurements > United States > Data processing.
Educational technology > United States.
Educational technology.
Educational tests and measurements > Data processing.
Examinations > Scoring > Data processing.
Grading and marking (Students) > Data processing.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Teachers vs. Technology--Round One, Fight!
  • The Fight over Computer Grading (Started before Computer Grading)
  • How the Technology Works
  • The Technology's "Expertise" (Is No More Limited than That of Its Human Counterparts)
  • The Enduring Lure of Labor-Saving Devices
  • (How) Do Labor-Saving Devices Work?
  • Faking It : Why Rich Kids Can Do It, and Poor Kids Can't
  • The Matter with MOOCs
  • The Problem with "Papers"
  • What They Get Right (and We Get Wrong)
  • Why They're Still Wrong
  • What We Can Do about It.

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