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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100920
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A Novel Approach to Rank Text-based Essays using Pagerank Method Towards Student’s Motivational Element

Author 1: M Zainal Arifin
Author 2: Naim Che Pee
Author 3: Nanna Suryana Herman

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 10 Issue 9, 2019.

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Abstract: Learning outcomes is one of the important factors to measure student achievement during the learning process. Today’s learning is more focused on problem-solving and reasoning to existing problems than an ordinary problem. Most exams have been directed to analysis questions for students to think and synthesize. As such is troublesome for most students, they are not ready to answer the question, thus, their answers almost similar to their friends. This implies that the teacher has tried to guide students to work professionally and originally. However, the Teacher facing difficulty assessing student’s work, especially if the assignments are conducted online without face-to-face instructions/discussions. To bridge such a gap, the teacher needs a method or algorithm to measure their rank to encourage students making an original answer. This research provides a solution in calculating students' ranks based on the similarity score of the essay answers. Pagerank is a ranking algorithm used by Google, this algorithm utilizes a Markov matrix that contains the direction of similarity score for each student. These scores are computed by the power method until converging. Rank is displayed to the teacher to review the similarity level of students' answers. As such is presented a line chart in which the x-axis refers to the students and the y-axis depicts the level of similarity. Ranking computation in Matlab produces an Eigen vector which acts as the rank measure. The higher the rank, the more similar is their answers to others. Hence, students with high ranks to work their answers more seriously ensure their original thoughts. In conclusion, the similarity score matrix using the PageRank algorithm can contribute to the teacher in providing peer motivation and encouraging student’s internal motivation by presenting the ranked-answers presentation.

Keywords: Pagerank; learning outcomes; similarity

M Zainal Arifin, Naim Che Pee and Nanna Suryana Herman, “A Novel Approach to Rank Text-based Essays using Pagerank Method Towards Student’s Motivational Element” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 10(9), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100920

@article{Arifin2019,
title = {A Novel Approach to Rank Text-based Essays using Pagerank Method Towards Student’s Motivational Element},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100920},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100920},
year = {2019},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {10},
number = {9},
author = {M Zainal Arifin and Naim Che Pee and Nanna Suryana Herman}
}



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