United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The National Science Foundation has awarded $600,004 to Jackson State University. This project, entitled “Excellence in Research: Exploring Effectiveness of Automatic Assessment of Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes in Engineering Learning through Natural Language Processing Models” is under the direction of Wei Zheng.
This project aims to develop a rubrics-based automatic assessment tool to identify individual students’ misconceptions and learning deficiencies from their free-text responses, allowing instructors and students to instantly adjust their teaching and learning, and eventually enabling personalized instructions tailored to individual learners needs, which particularly benefits students at HBCUs. The project will also provide the base for delivering research experience for both undergraduates and teachers and outreach various audiences, including public school students, increasing the literacy of the public on artificial intelligence.
For more information call Wei Zheng at (601)979-2008.