Perusall: University learning-teaching innovation employing social annotation and machine learning

Cecchinato, Graziano; Foschi, Laura Carlotta

doi:10.30557/qw000030

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“…This produced growth of critical reading skills among students of the experimental group. The results of the recent study are consistent with those of the studies by Lee & Yeong (2018), Adams & Wilson (2020), Cecchinato & Foschi (2020), McFarlin (2020.…”

Section: Skillssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Moreover, the more students are engaged in commenting assignments on the Perusall platform, the better is their score on exams. Cecchinato & Foschi (2020) state that students studying habits have changed from a very isolated experience to be a social one due to the use of the Perusall platform in teaching. Students can share their questions and answers on the topics with each other and with the teacher they are studying easily.…”

Section: Study Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effectiveness of the Interactive Perusall Platform in Developing Critical Reading Skills of Middle School Students

2021

JEP

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The current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of employing the interactive online platform Perusall in developing the critical reading skills of seventh grade students in the State of Qatar. To achieve the goal of the study, the researchers applied a questionnaire to curriculum and teaching methods experts in order to determine critical reading skills appropriate for seventh graders, and then apply the critical reading test to measure six skills: interpretation skill, cause-effect skill, the skill of detecting the author's bias and prejudice, and reading evaluation skill. The study sample consisted of (36) students from the seventh grade. They were divided into groups: the experimental group included (18) students and the control group included of ( 18) students. The subject unit was taught the experimental group students using the Perusall interactive platform. The subject unit was also taught to the control group students using the common traditional school method.The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in the critical reading skills test between the experimental group and the control group in favor of the experimental group that used the Perusall platform in teaching. Through the findings, the researchers recommended conducting similar studies on a sample larger than the current study. They also recommended using Perusall platform to develop critical writing skills.

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Section: Study Questionsmentioning

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Effectiveness of the Interactive Perusall Platform in Developing Critical Reading Skills of Middle School Students

2021

JEP

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“…The Honors general chemistry course described in this investigation is a natural fit for including exam questions in which students critique output from ChatGPT, and this will be implemented next year. To practice this skill, chatbot responses will be placed in the platform Perusall 56 where students work together to identify strengths, weaknesses, and suggest improvements. The use of chatbot generated responses in a class like general chemistry where closed-response exams are used may be less obvious.…”

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Investigating the Use of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot with General Chemistry Exam Questions

Clark

2023

J. Chem. Educ.

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The artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT was used to answer questions from final exams administered in two general chemistry courses, including questions with closed-response format and with open-response format. For closed-response questions, ChatGPT was very capable at identifying the concept even when the question included a great deal of chemical symbolism. However, ChatGPT’s success at solving problems was only 44%, a value well below the class average of 69%. On open-response questions, ChatGPT’s responses displayed strong language processing ability with higher performance on questions that could be solved with more generalizable information compared to questions that required specific skills, especially when those topics or skills were primarily found in lecture. Incorrect responses and flawed explanations were often logically sound and would be persuasive to a novice. The chatbot is currently ill-equipped to provide reliable answers or explanations to students for many representative exam questions, but a potential use is to create assignments in which students analyze and improve ChatGPT’s responses.

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“…The SA program used in the present study (Perusall) uses an automated grading system. Cecchinato and Foschi (2020) found that students accepted being graded by an automated process as long as a human instructor supervised it. The researchers also empirically tested the validity of the automated scoring system and found that it was consistent with the instructors' scores.…”

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Using social annotation to enhance student engagement in psychology courses.

Lazzara¹,

Clinton²

2024

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology

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Increasing engagement in asynchronous online courses is a goal for many college instructors. While discussion boards have been used in the past, social annotation is an alternative that may have multiple benefits for instructors and students. Students from an introductory psychology course (two sections) and a developmental psychology course (one section) used Perusall for social annotation with open educational resources. Over the semester, on average, students submitted quality annotations and more than what was required. Students also reported predominantly favorable perceptions of social annotation via a survey using both Likert scale and open-ended items. These findings are suggestive of student engagement in the online course. Practical implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.

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Perusall: University learning-teaching innovation employing social annotation and machine learning

Abstract: all algorithm provided scores quite similar to those of the teacher, and that students positively perceived the automated scoring.

Cited by 19 publications

References 43 publications

Effectiveness of the Interactive Perusall Platform in Developing Critical Reading Skills of Middle School Students

Effectiveness of the Interactive Perusall Platform in Developing Critical Reading Skills of Middle School Students

Investigating the Use of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot with General Chemistry Exam Questions

Using social annotation to enhance student engagement in psychology courses.

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