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Title: Utilization of automatized creativity ratings in linguistically diverse populations: automated scores align with human ratings
Award ID(s):
1726884
NSF-PAR ID:
10373916
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the 129th Annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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