From the Office of Research and Graduate Education: Congratulations to Xiaoming Zhai
Supporting Instructional Decision Making: The Potential of An Automatically Scored Three-Dimensional Assessment System
- PI: Xiaoming Zhai, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education; Joseph S. Krajcik, CREATE for STEM Institute director and professor, Michigan State University; Gary Weiser, research associate, WestEd; Yue Yin, associate professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12
- Amount: $903,420
Congratulations to assistant professor Xiaoming Zhai and his research team for receiving a National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 grant.
This collaborative project will study the utility of a machine learning-based assessment system for supporting middle school science teachers in making instructional decisions based on automatically generated student reports. The project will also generate knowledge about teachers’ uses of 3D assessments and examine the potential of automatically scored 3D assessments.