An Automated System for Essay Scoring of Online Exams in Arabic based on Stemming Techniques and Levenshtein Edit Operations

TL;DR

This paper presents an automated Arabic essay scoring system for online exams that utilizes stemming techniques and Levenshtein edit operations to evaluate student responses efficiently.

Contribution

It introduces a novel automated scoring approach combining stemming and edit operations specifically tailored for Arabic language essays.

Findings

Effective in scoring Arabic essays online

Utilizes light and heavy stemming techniques

Demonstrates efficiency in automated grading

Abstract

In this article, an automated system is proposed for essay scoring in Arabic language for online exams based on stemming techniques and Levenshtein edit operations. An online exam has been developed on the proposed mechanisms, exploiting the capabilities of light and heavy stemming. The implemented online grading system has shown to be an efficient tool for automated scoring of essay questions.