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ERIC Number: EJ1279990
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1939-1382
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Measuring Similarity of Educational Items: An Overview
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, v13 n2 p354-366 Apr-Jun 2020
A measure of similarity of educational items has many applications in adaptive learning systems and can be useful also for teachers and content creators. We provide a thorough overview of approaches for measuring item similarity. We document the computation pipeline, explicitly highlighting many choices that have to be made in order to quantify item similarity. We also discuss methods for the analysis of similarity measures. For illustration and evaluation, we consider items from diverse domains, e.g., mathematics, programming, and language learning. Although there is no ultimate, universal approach to measuring item similarity, our overview leads to guidelines that facilitate computation of item similarity in practical applications.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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