Interpretation and clustering of handwritten student responses

This thesis presents an interpretation and clustering framework for handwritten student responses on tablet computers. The ink analysis system is able to capture and interpret digital ink strokes for many types of classroom exercises, including graphs, number lines, and fraction shading problems. By approaching the problem with both online and offline ink interpretation methods, relevant information is extracted from sets of ink strokes to produce a representation of a student's answer. A clustering algorithm is then used to group similar student responses. Overall, this approach makes it easier for teachers to view a set of responses and subsequently supply feedback to his or her students.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Von Tish, Kelsey Leigh

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kimberle Koile.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77003

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/77003