Get Your Head into the Clouds: Using Word Clouds for Analyzing Qualitative Assessment Data
Get Your Head into the Clouds: Using Word Clouds for Analyzing Qualitative Assessment Data
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DOI：
10.1007/s11528-014-0750-9
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Wilkinson, Kelly
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作者：
DePaolo, Concetta A.;Wilkinson, Kelly
词云（或标签云）是以图形形式显示文本数据的流行而有趣的方式；然而，我们认为它们也可以成为评估的有用工具。使用词云，教师可以快速轻松地生成代表学生知识的文本的图形描述。通过调查学生文本回答中单词或短语的模式或缺乏模式，教师可以评估学生整体上是否掌握或遗漏了关键概念或犯了常见错误。词云可以用来为学生提供形成性评估反馈，并确定学生反思论文中的共同主题。它们也可以作为一个起点或筛选大量文本数据的工具，无论是否与评估相关。
Word clouds (or tag clouds) are popular, fun ways to display text data in graphical form; however, we contend that they can also be useful tools in assessment. Using word clouds, instructors can quickly and easily produce graphical depictions of text representing student knowledge. By investigating the patterns of words or phrases, or lack thereof, in textual student responses, instructors can evaluate if students, as a whole, have grasped or missed key concepts or have made common mistakes. Word clouds can be used to provide formative assessment feedback to students, and to identify common themes in student reflection papers. They can also be useful as a starting point or screening tool for large amounts of text data, whether related to assessment or not.