Toward the automated assessment of entity-relationship diagrams

Waugh, Kevin; Thomas, Pete and Smith, Neil (2004). Toward the automated assessment of entity-relationship diagrams. In: Second Workshop of the Learning and Teaching Support Network - Information and Computer Science) TLAD (Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Databases), 5 July 2004, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Abstract

The need to interpret imprecise diagrams (those with malformed, missing or extraneous features) occurs in the automated assessment of diagrams. We outline our proposal for an architecture to enable the interpretation of imprecise diagrams. We discuss our preliminary work on an assessment tool, developed within this architecture, for automatically grading answers to a computer architecture examination question. Early indications are that performance is similar to that of human markers. We will be using Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) as the primary application area for our investigation of automated assessment. This paper will detail our reasons for choosing this area and outline the work ahead.

Item Type:	Conference Item
Keywords:	automated assessment; diagram understanding; entity-relationship modelling
Academic Unit/Department:	Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Computing
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Item ID:	2455
Depositing User:	Kevin Waugh
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2006
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2010 07:31
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/2455

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