What is behind a summary-evaluation decision?

Research in psychology has reported that, among the variety of possibilities for assessment methodologies, summary evaluation offers a particularly adequate context for inferring text comprehension and topic understanding. However, grades obtained in this methodology are hard to quantify objectively. Therefore, we carried out an empirical study to analyze the decisions underlying human summary-grading behavior. The task consisted of expert evaluation of summaries produced in critically relevant contexts of summarization development, and the resulting data were modeled by means of Bayesian networks using an application called Elvira, which allows for graphically observing the predictive power (if any) of the resultant variables. Thus, in this article, we analyzed summary-evaluation decision making in a computational framewor

GaLan (Entornos de Aprendizaje Adaptativos, Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos), UPV/EHU

This issue introduces the GaLan research group - Adaptive Learning Environments (Languages and Computer Systems department), of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU. Its main research lines are centered on architectures, interactions and interfaces for learning systems, cognitive diagnosis, authoring tools and, orthogonally, on agile methodologies for interactive applications development.Este documento presenta el grupo de investigación GaLan � Entornos de Aprendizaje Adaptativos (Dpto. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos), de la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). Sus líneas principales de investigación se centran en las arquitecturas, interacciones e interfaces de los sistemas de aprendizaje, el diagnóstico cognitivo, las herramientas de autor y, de modo transversal, en las metodologías ágiles para desarrollo de aplicaciones interactivas