Validating the reflective writing framework (RWF) for assessing reflective writing in computer science education through manual annotation

Huda Alrashidi, Mike Joy, Thomas Daniel Ullmann, Nouf Almujally

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Abstract

The accuracy of a framework for annotating reflective writing can be increased through the evaluation and revision of the annotation scheme to ensure the reliability and validity of the framework. To our knowledge, there is a lack of literature related to the accuracy of any reflective writing framework in Computer Science (CS) education. This paper describes a manual annotation scheme, applied during four pilot studies, to validate the authors’ novel Reflective Writing Framework (RWF) for CS education. The results show, through the pilot studies, that the accuracy of Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) increases from 0.5 to 0.8, which was substantial and close to an almost perfect agreement. This paper contributes to CS education through the reliability and validity of the RWF that can be potentially used for generating an Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) using machine learning algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Tutoring Systems - 16th International Conference, ITS 2020, Proceedings
EditorsVivekanandan Kumar, Christos Troussas
PublisherSpringer
Pages323-326
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783030496623
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event16th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2020 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 8 Jun 202012 Jun 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12149 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2020
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period8/06/2012/06/20

Keywords

  • Assessment
  • Computer science education
  • Framework
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Manual annotation
  • Reflection
  • Reflective writing

Funding Agency

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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