Journal article
Developing Summarization Skills through the Use of LSA-Based Feedback
Interactive learning environments, v 8(2), pp 87-109
01 Aug 2000
Abstract
This paper describes a series of classroom trials during which we developed Summary Street, an educational software system that uses Latent Semantic Analysis to support writing and revision activities. Summary Street provides various kinds of feedback, primarily about whether a student summary adequately covers important source content and fulfills other requirements, such as length. The feedback allows students to engage in extensive, independent practice in writing and revising without placing excessive demands on teachers for feedback. We first discuss the underlying educational rationale, then present some results of the trials conducted with the system. We describe the collaborative process among researchers and teachers which enabled the development of a viable and supportive educational tool and its integration into classroom instruction.
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- Title
- Developing Summarization Skills through the Use of LSA-Based Feedback
- Creators
- Eileen Kintsch - University of Colorado SystemDave SteinhartGerry StahlLSA Research Group LSA Research GroupCindy MatthewsRonald Lamb
- Publication Details
- Interactive learning environments, v 8(2), pp 87-109
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Other Identifier
- 991019203709904721