Comparing and Validating Four Methods for Scoring Mathematics Writing

Utilizing Emergent AI Chatbot Technology to Generate Mathematical Writing Models for Elementary Students With Learning Disabilities

“…Teachers facilitate this process by prompting students to attend to the model’s organization, completeness, vocabulary, clarity, and content. A high-quality MW response is typically organized, to begin with a restatement of the problem (i.e., topic sentence), followed by descriptions of the strategies used (i.e., the how) along with corresponding justifications (i.e., the why), and ends with their answer (i.e., a conclusion; Price et al, 2023; Namkung et al, 2020). See Table 1 for three exemplar models of MW.…”

“…See Table 1 for three exemplar models of MW. High-quality MW responses also include the usage of formal mathematics vocabulary (e.g., “I added three and four” as opposed to “I plussed three with four”) as well as the accurate usage of numerals, symbols, and equations (Price et al, 2023; Namkung et al, 2020). Moreover, MW responses may also include diagrams or drawings referred to in the text and support the explanation.…”