Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse With Coh-Metrix

This book describes Coh-Metrix, a powerful computational tool that provides a wide range of language and discourse measures.

Sommario

Part I. Coh-Metrix: Theoretical, Technological, and Empirical Foundations: 1. What is text and why analyze it?; 2. The importance of text cohesion; 3. The science and technology that led to Coh-Metrix; 4. Coh-Metrix measures; 5. Coh-Metrix measures of text readability and easability; 6. Using Coh-Metrix measures: studies of cohesion in text and writing; Part II. A Beginner's Guide to Writing Coh-Metrix Research: 7. The strategy: moves, frozen expressions, and the elevator pitch; 8. The introduction; 9. The corpus; 10. The tool; 11. The results; 12. The discussion; Concluding remarks.

Info autore

Danielle S. McNamara is a professor in the Psychology Department and Senior Scientist in the Learning Sciences Institute at Arizona State University.Arthur C. Graesser is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.Philip McCarthy is an Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis and a member of the Institute for Intelligent Systems.Zhiqiang Cai is a research assistant professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Danielle S Mcnamara & Arthur C Graesser, Zhiqiang Cai, Zhiqiang (Institute for Intelligent Systems Cai, Cai Zhiqiang, Arthur C Graesser, Arthur C. Graesser, Arthur C. (Institute for Intelligent Systems Graesser, Graesser Arthur C., Philip M McCarthy, Philip M. McCarthy, Philip M. (Institute for Intelligent Systems McCarthy, Danielle S McNamara, Danielle S. McNamara, Danielle S. (Institute for Intelligent S Mcnamara, Danielle S. (Institute for Intelligent Systems McNamara, Danielle S. Graesser Mcnamara, McNamara Danielle S.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780521137294
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13729-4
• Pagine: 289
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Informatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Linguistics, Psychology, Educational psychology, Educational systems and structures, PSYCHOLOGY / Education, Training & Supervision