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Fuzzy soft skills assessment through active learning sessions

Novais, André Seixas de, Matelli, José Alexandre, Silva, Messias Borges·2024·International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
DOI 10.1007/s40593-023-00332-7PMC PMC10173942
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  • AI is found to accurately assess students' learning process and outcomes, and further determine teaching effect.

    “AI is found to accurately assess students' learning process and outcomes, and further determine teaching effect (Novais et al., 2023;Saad and Tounkara, 2023;Wang et al., 2025;Zhu et al., 2023).”

    From A systematic review of the early impact of artificial intelligence on higher education curriculum, instruction, and assessment (2025) · cites this paper as Novais et al., 2023

    The Discussion (page unavailable) says the fuzzy assessment system adequately described students’ soft-skills profiles using self- and peer-assessments, and the Feedback Reports and FSSA Validation section says it generated reports for 19 students. This supports a narrower claim about assessing soft skills in active-learning sessions. The paper does not establish accurate assessment of learning processes and outcomes generally or show that the system determined teaching effectiveness; its validation was limited to expert analysis. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Novais et al. (2023) designed an evaluation fuzzy expert system and employed it to build profiles of students' soft skills (e.g., communication and innovation skills, management skills, and social skills).

    “For instance, Novais et al. ( 2023) designed an evaluation fuzzy expert system and employed it to build profiles of students' soft skills (e.g., communication and innovation skills, management skills, and social skills).”

    From A systematic review of the early impact of artificial intelligence on higher education curriculum, instruction, and assessment (2025) · cites this paper as Novais et al. (2023)

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Novais, A. S. D., Matelli, J. A., & Silva, M. B.
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International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
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Elsevier BV
Published
2024-06
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34
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2
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416-451
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1560-4292
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10.1007/s40593-023-00332-7
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PMC10173942
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