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Three swim-lane taxonomy situating short answer questions among gradable question types

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The review defines short answer questions within a hierarchical view of question types organized under three swim lanes: depth of learning, question category, and question type. Depth of learning separates recognition from recall questions; question category separates natural language from structured text and speech; question type distinguishes short answers from fill-the-gap and essay questions using the dimensions of length, focus, and openness. The figure is explicitly not exhaustive but shows common examples to differentiate ASAG questions from others.

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  • Three swim-lane taxonomy situating short answer questions among gradable question types: The review defines short answer questions within a hierarchical view of question types organized under three swim lanes: depth of learning, question category, and question type. Depth of learning separates recognition from recall questions; question category separates natural language from structured text and speech; question type distinguishes short answers from fill-the-gap and essay questions using the dimensions of length, focus, and openness. The figure is explicitly not exhaustive but shows common examples to differentiate ASAG questions from others. (Steven Burrows et al. (2015))

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  • Steven Burrows, Iryna Gurevych, Benno Stein. (2015). The Eras and Trends of Automatic Short Answer Grading. Int J Artif Intell Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-014-0026-8
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title Three swim-lane taxonomy situating short answer questions among gradable question types
description The review defines short answer questions within a hierarchical view of question types organized under three swim lanes: depth of learning, question category, and question type.
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