1. Balancing Generative and Supervised AI: The Trade-off Between LLMs and PLMs in Formative Assessment Open Access Author: Wei, Yuchen Title: Balancing Generative and Supervised AI: The Trade-off Between LLMs and PLMs in Formative Assessment Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: Formative AssessmentAutomated Answer AssessmentLarge Language ModelPretrained Language Model File: Download Yuchen_Wei__PSU_MS_Thesis_new.pdf Committee Members: Rebecca Jane Passonneau, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorWenpeng Yin, Committee MemberChitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairRui Zhang, Committee Member