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LSA in the Classroom

LSA in the Classroom

Walter Kintsch, Eileen Kintsch
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781609607418|ISBN10: 1609607414|EISBN13: 9781609607425
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-741-8.ch009
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Kintsch, Walter, and Eileen Kintsch. "LSA in the Classroom." Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification, Investigation and Resolution, edited by Philip M. McCarthy and Chutima Boonthum-Denecke, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 158-168. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-741-8.ch009

APA

Kintsch, W. & Kintsch, E. (2012). LSA in the Classroom. In P. McCarthy & C. Boonthum-Denecke (Eds.), Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification, Investigation and Resolution (pp. 158-168). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-741-8.ch009

Chicago

Kintsch, Walter, and Eileen Kintsch. "LSA in the Classroom." In Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification, Investigation and Resolution, edited by Philip M. McCarthy and Chutima Boonthum-Denecke, 158-168. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-741-8.ch009

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Abstract

LSA is a machine learning method that constructs a map of meaning that permits one to calculate the semantic similarity between words and texts. We describe an educational application of LSA that provides immediate, individualized content feedback to middle school students writing summaries.

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