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Re:Nobody wants to teach anymore by d0mine on Sunday August 21, 2022 @05:25PM (#32544602)
Software is a tool that can be used effectively in education (e.g., Khan Academy). Nobody says it is the only tool that you should use.

If you are saying that 100% of grading must be manual, it implies 0% effectiveness of Khan Academy (false). In practice, even if just a half of the tests can be automated, it would free the time for teachers to do the work that can't be automated.

Software can provide a great leverage.

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Re:Nobody wants to teach anymore by Beltalowda on Sunday August 21, 2022 @08:05PM (#32545783)
> If you are saying that 100% of grading must be manual

That's not what was said though; I don't think anyone has a problem with some grading being automated (e.g. multiple-choice), and software has been used for decades for this kind of thing.

But there are serious limitations to this. If I solve a math problem in the correct way but made a silly mistake in the arithmetic leading to the wrong answer, then this is still a "correct" answer in a way, worth of some points.

And grading math is easy; how would you automate the grading of a question like "describe two reasons why the American settlers declared independence"?

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