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ReaderBench (1) - Cohesion-Based Discourse Analysis and Dialogism

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Analyzing Discourse and Text Complexity for Learning and Collaborating

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In contrast to the previous systems that focused on analyzing CSCL conversations, ReaderBench (Dascalu et al. 2013a; Dascalu et al. 2013b) (see Table 19) addresses a wider spread of activities and can be used within more complex educational scenarios (see 10.3 Educational Implications). Nevertheless, A.S.A.P., Ch.A.M.P and PolyCAFe have provided valuable insight and some features were reused, of course with the necessary improvements.

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Dascalu, M. (2014). ReaderBench (1) - Cohesion-Based Discourse Analysis and Dialogism. In: Analyzing Discourse and Text Complexity for Learning and Collaborating. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 534. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03419-5_7

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