Paper—Teaching Evaluation System by use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Methods

Teaching Evaluation System by use of Machine Learning

and Artificial Intelligence Methods
https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i05.20299

Jingjing Hu
Zhejiang Business College, Hangzhou, China
[email protected]

Abstract—To explore the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology

in the field of teacher teaching evaluation, the machine learning algorithm is
proposed to construct a teaching evaluation model, which is suitable for the
current educational model, and can help colleges and universities to improve the
existing problems in teaching. Firstly, the existing problems in the current
teaching evaluation system are put forward and a novel teaching evaluation
model is designed. Then, the relevant theories and techniques required to build
the model are introduced. Finally, the experiment methods and process are
carried out to find out the appropriate machine learning algorithm and optimize
the obtained weighted naive Bayes (WNB) algorithm, which is compared with
traditional naive Bayes (NB) algorithm and back propagation (BP) algorithm.
The results reveal that compared with NB algorithm, the average classification
accuracy of WNB algorithm is 0.817, while that of NB algorithm is 0.751.
Compared with BP algorithm, WNB algorithm has a classification accuracy of
0.800, while that of BP algorithm is 0.680. Therefore, it is proved that WNB
algorithm has favorable effect in teaching evaluation model.

Keywords—AI; machine learning; regression analysis; naive Bayes

1 Introduction

With the continuous update of emerging technologies such as AI and the

progression of educational information infrastructure, the integration of information
technology and education is also deepening. Many new technologies, such as online
course, simulation teaching, and online education platform, have been widely adopted
in college teaching. The popularization of these technologies has realized the
integration and sharing of teaching resources and promoted the communication
between teachers and students. Moreover, it has made up for the deficiency of
traditional classroom teaching, and improved the teaching quality of teachers and
enhanced the learning interest of students, thus network experimental teaching
platform has attracted more attention from universities [1].
At present, AI technology has been able to improve teaching efficiency in learning
tutoring, teaching evaluation, and teaching space optimization, and help students
realize personalized learning [2]. Therefore, the close connection of education and AI

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technology would promote the reform and innovation of college teaching and
establish an education and teaching system suitable for students’ lifelong
development, which helps education to transform to high-level and precise type [3].
The teaching evaluation system can help schools judge teachers’ teaching effect
and students’ learning outcomes, which is the evident for many universities to judge
the teaching process of teachers. However, the current education evaluation system
fails to reflect the teaching situation of teachers under the new technology, including
the following aspects [4]. I. The evaluation method is out dated and inefficient, and
the data credibility is low. II. The evaluation index is not perfect, and there is no
evaluation content for multimedia teaching mode. III. The weight distribution of
evaluation indexes is unreasonable and lacks objectivity and fairness. IV. There are
deficiencies in the analysis and processing of the data at the later stage, and the
practical information can’t be extracted. Moreover, the implementation of teaching
evaluation process is very complex, and massive data calculation is required.
Therefore, it is urgent to establish an objective, efficient, and feasible teaching
evaluation system and evaluation optimization process.
In this work, a teaching evaluation system based on machine learning is designed.
Firstly, correlation analysis is performed on the acquired evaluation data. Secondly,
association rules are followed to determine the relationship between indexes in
teaching evaluation. Finally, the machine learning algorithm is adopted to optimize
the data processing and build the teaching evaluation model, so as to realize the
automation of teaching evaluation.

2 Methods

2.1 Design of teaching evaluation system

The traditional teaching evaluation includes student evaluation, teacher mutual

evaluation, teacher self-evaluation, and expert evaluation. Due to the different
evaluators, the content of the evaluation is also different. However, the current
evaluation content is generally aimed at the content and attitude of teachers’ teaching
efforts. Such evaluation is too formal to reflect the merits and demerits of the actual
teaching effect. Most of the current evaluation forms are statistical statements, which
is not only require a large task of data analysis, but also can’t describe the information
presented in the data perfectly [5].
Combined with the characteristics of big data background, data mining technology
is adopted to solve this problem [6]. Firstly, web-based evaluation process is adopted
instead of paper evaluation forms. Meanwhile, the relationship between teaching
effect and teaching level is explored after data processing, and the evaluation index
system is then optimized. Finally, aided by machine learning classification algorithm,
an appropriate teaching evaluation model is established to obtain rapid and objective
teaching evaluation and help improve teaching management. The specific evaluation
process of the teaching evaluation system designed in this study is shown in Fig. 1.

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Data Collection Evaluation Process Data Storage

User Login

Student Teacher Expert Evaluation Storage

Evaluation Database
Evaluation Evaluation Evaluation Results

Fill Out The

Questionnaire

Algorithm Training
Data Evaluation Extract Attribute
Collection Model Features

Submit To
Leave

Fig. 1. Specific evaluation process of teaching evaluation system

2.2 Data collecting

The construction of the proposed teaching evaluation model involves data

acquisition, preprocessing, and correlation analysis between data. Therefore, the
design process includes the evaluation questionnaire, standardization of data, and
correlation analysis. During data processing, regression analysis is adopted to detect
abnormal data. Questionnaire survey is a common data collection method, whose
sampling is extensive and representative, and it is efficient and easy to conduct
quantitative analysis. Combined with the interaction and transmission of the network,
it makes data collection more convenient and data processing more convenient [7].
This work evaluates the teaching effect of teachers from the perspective of evaluation
in Fig. 2.

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Assignment And Correction

Meets Course Standards (A)
(J)

Knowledge Base, Ability, Teaching Teaching Blackboard Writing And

And Emotions Objectives Method Multimedia Teaching (K)

Meets Course Standards (C) Counseling (L)

Systematic, Scientific And

Work Enthusiasm (M)
Advanced (D)

Rich Information And Teaching Teacher Teaching Teaching

Rigorous Academics (N)
Knowledge Horizon (E) Content Evaluation System Attitude

Obey Teaching Discipline

Theory To Practice (F)
(O)

Quality And Ability

Knowledgeable (P)
Development (G)

Teaching Business Innovative Teaching

Student Interest (H)
Effect Level Methods (Q)

Declare Multiple Scientific

Academic Performance (I)
Research Topics (R)

Fig. 2. Classification of teacher evaluation indexes

The index is a stipulation on one aspect of a specific target and reflects the
characteristics of a certain aspect. Therefore, for the overall characteristics, it
shouldn’t start with a certain index, but deal with the relationship between each index,
and a series of related index combinations should be set up to completely reflect the
characteristics of things. Therefore, the evaluation of each teaching content in Fig. 2 is
described as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, corresponding to unqualified, qualified, medium, good,
and excellent, respectively. The Letters A, B, C, ••, Q, and R correspond to the 18
evaluation indexes in Fig. 2, and the letter T represents the comprehensive evaluation
score. Each column of Table 1 contains a complete teaching evaluation record, and
each letter corresponds to the corresponding value and the evaluation value of the
evaluation index.

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Table 1. Part of the data set after processing

1 2 3 … n-1 n
A 4 5 3 … 2 5
B 5 5 3 … 3 3
C 3 3 4 … 4 2
… … … … … … …
P 4 3 4 … 5 2
Q 4 4 5 … 3 4
R 5 2 3 … 4 3

2.3 Data processing

In teaching evaluation, evaluators can make extreme evaluations of teachers due to

the influence of individual subjective emotions, resulting in the lack of credibility of
evaluation data. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate the teaching evaluation data
deviating from the actual situation to ensure the objectivity and authenticity of the
established teaching evaluation model.
Multiple regression analysis is widely adopted in actual data processing, which can
analyze the data correlation of multiple independent variables and one dependent
variable, and establish a prediction model. Multiple linear regression analysis refers to
the linear relationship between independent variables and dependent variables [8].
Usually when a training data set (𝑌𝑖 , 𝑋𝑖1 , 𝑋𝑖2 , . . . , 𝑋𝑖𝑝 ) 𝑖 = 1, . . . , 𝑛 is given, a model
is established through the training of a large number of data, which is 𝑌 = 𝑓(𝑋).
The deviation degree of the data is determined by the training data regression, and
the normalized data of the 18 evaluation indexes are taken as the input variable during
the training. The comprehensive evaluation results are taken as output variables to
construct a prediction model. Then, the new input data are adopted to predict and
evaluate the value comprehensively. By setting a threshold range, the evaluation value
given by students with the predicted value is compared, the data deviating from the
predetermined range is eliminated as abnormal data.
Scientific data analysis and screening of evaluation indexes can ensure the data
independence between evaluation indexes, so it is necessary to analyze the data
correlation of the evaluation indexes set above. The correlation coefficient indicates
the degree of closeness between random variables, and the correlation coefficient
equation can be taken to judge the degree of correlation and mutual influence between
indexes, as shown in equation (1).
𝑐𝑜𝑣(𝑋,𝑌)
𝑟= (1)
𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦

r represents the correlation coefficient between attributes 𝑋 and 𝑌, 𝑐𝑜𝑣(𝑋, 𝑌) is

covariance, indicating the degree of coordination between indexes, x and 𝜕𝑦and are
both standard deviations, indicating the data volatility of indexes. When correlation
coefficients between multiple attributes are calculated, the correlation coefficients can
be formed into a matrix, as shown in equation (2).

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𝑎11 … 𝑎1𝑛
𝑅=( ⋮ ⋱ ⋮ ) (2)
𝑎𝑚1 ⋯ 𝑎𝑚𝑛
The correlation analysis adopted relies on association rules to obtain the actual
relationship between strong rule analysis and evaluation indexes. Association rules
are adopted to express some correlation between the two sets of numbers 𝑋 and 𝑌,
which is determined by the confidence 𝑐 and support 𝑠 [9].
The confidence level 𝑐 measures the credibility of the rule, and is defined as the
ratio of the number of events containing both 𝑋 and 𝑌 to the number of events
containing 𝑋 in database A, that is, at least 𝑐% of the events contained in the event
database also contains 𝑌, the expression is shown in equation (3).

𝑐(𝑋 ⇒ 𝑌) = 𝑃(𝑌|𝑋) = 𝑃(𝑋 ∩ 𝑌)/𝑃(𝑋) (3)

The support degree s refers to the statistical importance of the rule in the entire data
set, which represents the ratio of the number of events containing 𝑋 in the event
database 𝐴 to the total number of events, indicating that at least s% of the events in
the event database 𝐴 contain 𝑋, as shown in equation (4).

𝑠(𝑋 ⇒ 𝑌) = 𝑃(𝑋 ∩ 𝑌) (4)

The processed data set is calculated via the equation of the association rules to
obtain strong rules between the evaluation indexes. The correlation analysis process
of the association process is shown in Fig. 3.

Set Support Threshold min_s,

Start Enter Preprocessed Data
Confidence Threshold min_c

Yes
Strong Association Rule Judge s>=min_s, c>=min_c Publish And Calculate s And c

No

Determine The Degree Of

Association Before And After
End
The Rule Based On The
Confidence Level c

Fig. 3. Correlation analysis flow chart based on association rules

Through the data acquisition, processing, and correlation analysis of the teaching
evaluation model, a scientific and effective evaluation index is designed. Moreover,
the correlation between the indexes is analyzed to eliminate the large deviation of the
data, and the teaching evaluation system is optimized.

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2.4 Construction of teaching evaluation model based on machine learning

In machine learning, classification refers to summarize the special properties of the

data in the training data set and find the appropriate description or model for each data
set. Special descriptions are generated to classify the future data, and the classification
of unknown data is inferred from the obtained model. The classification includes two
processes: learning and classification. During the learning, a classifier can be trained
with appropriate machine learning methods based on existing training data; while
during the classification, the input unknown data are classified via a classifier.
Classification algorithms commonly adopted in machine learning include support
vector machines, decision trees, neural networks, NB, etc. Among them, support
vector machine is a binary classification model, which is a linear classifier with the
maximum interval defined in the feature space. The model of decision tree usually has
a tree structure, which represents the process of classifying instances based on
features, and it includes three steps: feature selection, decision tree generation, and
decision tree building. Artificial neural network is an effective method to solve
nonlinear problems by reducing artificial factors. NB analysis is a classification
method based on Bayes’ theorem. Different classification algorithms have different
effects in different situations, and there is no classification algorithm suitable for any
situation and problem [10].
Due to the need of teaching evaluation, the classification algorithm is adopted to
the construction of teaching evaluation model. The evaluation index is taken as the
input value, the comprehensive evaluation result is taken as the class label, and the
most suitable class label is given to the evaluation index via an appropriate
classification algorithm. The performance of the classifier is evaluated by accuracy,
which is defined as the ratio between the number of samples that the classifier can
correctly classify and the total number of samples for a given data set. The equation is
as follows (𝑝𝑟𝑒_𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 represents the accuracy rate, 𝑁𝑐 represents the number of
correctly classified samples, and 𝑁 represents the total number of samples).
𝑁𝑐
𝑝𝑟𝑒_𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = (5)
𝑁

According to the experimental results of Section 3.2, NB algorithm has a high

accuracy rate and the shortest running duration in the classification of this data set.
Therefore, the NB algorithm is selected to construct the teaching evaluation model.
Bayesian classification adopts the classification algorithm of Bayes’ theorem to
classify data. The principle of classification: after a large number of learning and
training data sets, the prior probabilities of each category can be obtained; then, the
calculation of the posterior probability belonging to different categories in an instance
is performed; finally, the instance is judged to belong to the class with the maximum
posterior probability. The NB classification algorithm is an efficient classification
algorithm in the Bayes classification algorithm, which is simple, easy to explain, and
is with fast computing speed and good stability.
NB classification model is based on the general Bayes classification model, which
can remove the independence between attributes. Generally, 𝑝(𝑋) is a constant, and
the calculation equation of NB algorithm is as follows.

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𝑝(𝐶𝑗 |𝑋) ∝ 𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑝 (𝑋|𝐶𝑗 )𝑝(𝐶𝑗 ) (6)

In equation (6), 𝑝(𝐶𝑗 ) is the class prior probability, which is obtained by training a
large number of data sets, and the calculation is as follows.
𝑠𝑗
𝑝(𝐶𝑗 ) = (7)
𝑠

In equation (7), 𝑠𝑗 represents the number of 𝐶𝑗 in the training samples, and s

represents the total number of training samples.
Each attribute variable of the NB algorithm has independent conditions. When the
number of attributes in the data set is large, the calculation overhead of 𝑝(𝑋|𝐶𝑗 ) is
large, and the introduction of the conditional independence assumption can reduce the
overhead, but the calculation accuracy will be reduced, and the calculation of 𝑝(𝑋|𝐶𝑗 )
can be simplified as follows.
𝑝(𝑋|𝐶𝑗 ) = ∏𝑛𝑖=1 𝑝(𝑥𝑖 |𝐶𝑗 ) (8)

In this work, the WNB classification algorithm is adopted to assign reasonable

weights to attributes according to their contribution to the classification results. While
maintains the high speed of the NB algorithm, it also reduces the impact of the
attribute condition independence assumption on the performance of the classifier [11],
as shown in equation (9).
𝑤𝑖
𝑝(𝐶𝑗 |𝑋) = 𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑝(𝐶𝑗 ) ∏𝑛𝑖=1 𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝐶𝑗 ) (9)
𝐶𝑗

𝑤 𝑖 represents the weight of attribute 𝐴𝑖 , which shows the importance of different

attributes in the classification process. The larger the value of 𝑤 𝑖 , the more important
the corresponding attribute 𝐴𝑖 is for classification.
From the correlation between the evaluation index and the comprehensive
evaluation value for teaching evaluation data, it can be concluded that the value of
each evaluation index has a different degree of influence on the evaluation result.
Therefore, it proposes a method to determine the weight of each evaluation index by
the relative probability of class attributes. Each attribute 𝐴𝑖 may have 𝐾 different
values, with 𝑎𝑘 representing its specific value, where 𝑘 ∈ 𝐾.. A specific instance 𝑋 is
assumed, when the attribute 𝐴𝑖 of is 𝑎𝑘 , the calculation of the correlation probability
and uncorrelated probability of the attribute 𝐴𝑖 , 𝐶𝑗 for the category is as follows.
𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡(𝐴𝑖 =𝑎𝑘 ⋀ 𝐶𝑗 )
𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝑟𝑒𝑙) = (10)
𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡(𝐴𝑖 =𝑎𝑘 )

𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑙) = 1 − 𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝑟𝑒𝑙) (11)

In equation (10), count represents statistics, the value of the attribute 𝐴𝑖 is 𝑎𝑘 and
belongs to the 𝐶𝑗 category, and the equation for calculating the attribute weight is as
follows.

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𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝑟𝑒𝑙)
𝑤(𝐴𝑖 , 𝑎𝑘 , 𝑗) = (12)
𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑙)

Therefore, the specific calculation of the weighted NB classification algorithm is as

follows.
𝑤(𝐴𝑖 ,𝑎𝑘 ,𝑗)
𝑝(𝐶𝑗 |𝑋) = 𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑝(𝐶𝑗 ) ∏𝑛𝑖=1 𝑝(𝐴𝑖 |𝐶𝑗 ) (13)
𝐶𝑗

In dataset 𝐴, if there are 𝑚 class labels, 𝑛 attributes, and 𝑘 possible values for each
attribute, the total weight of all attributes is 𝑚 × 𝑛 × 𝑘. The weights of the same
attribute are different under different circumstances. According to the specific value
of each attribute, the weight of the probability associated with the current class label
is selected for calculation, and the result value of each category is compared. The
category corresponding to the maximum value is the classification result.

3 Results and Discussion

3.1 Correlation analysis between evaluation indexes

Based on Python and pycharm platform, the correlation analysis of 440 pre-
processed teaching evaluation data sets is implemented. The correlation coefficient
between evaluation indexes is calculated based on the experimental data. Table 2
shows the maximum correlation coefficient between each evaluation index.

Table 2. Maximum correlation coefficient between indexes

Index The Most Relevant Index Correlation coefficient
A O 0.333
B M 0.677
C O 0.685
D N 0.217
E P 0.652
F Q 0.356
G E 0.53
H M 0.502
I R 0.265
J L 0.342
K E 0.473
L D 0.537
M B 0.677
N A 0.459
O C 0.685
P E 0.652
Q N 0.453
R E 0.563

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From the data in Table 2, there is a strong correlation between the two evaluation
indexes with large correlation coefficients. Therefore, an association rule experiment
is conducted on this data set, and the minimum confidence level is set to 0.500 and the
minimum support level is 0.300. After calculation, strong rules for some data in Table
3 are obtained.

Table 3. Part of strong rules between indexes

Strong rules Strong rules Explanation
B3=>M3 0.921
Remove B
M3=>B3 0.698
C2=>O2 0.728
O2=>C2 0.728
Remove C
R2=>C2 0.701
Q2=>C2 0.698
P2=>E2 0.753
E2=>P2 0.823
Remove P
H2=>P2 0.689
D2=>P2 0.705

From the analysis data in Table 2, the correlation coefficients between indexes B
and M, E and P, and C and O are relatively high, indicating a strong influence
relationship between them. Combined with Table 3, B, C, P, and other indexes have
high confidence, and these indexes are strongly correlated with other indexes. Other
indexes can replace the existence of these indexes, so there is no need to retain these
indexes in teaching evaluation and they were removed, and A, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K,
L, M, N, O, Q, and R is retained. Then the original 18 evaluation indexes are
optimized into 15 independent evaluation index systems.

3.2 Comparison of accuracy of four machine learning algorithms

The accuracy and feasibility of each algorithm are judged by comparing the
existing evaluation data with the four commonly used machine learning classification
methods in Section 2.4. 440 experimental training sets and 140 test sets are adopted,
and 20 cross-validation tests are conducted and two parallel tests are conducted to
calculate the accuracy of each classification algorithm. Fig. 4 shows the actual
comparison results of average classification accuracy of these algorithms.

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0.78
Average Classification Accuracy
0.76

0.74

0.72

0.70

0.68
The First
The Second
0.66

SVM DT BP NB

Fig. 4. Comparison of average classification accuracy of

four commonly used classification algorithms

Fig. 4 presents that among the four common machine algorithms, the average
classification accuracy of DT algorithm is the lowest, which is about 0.67; while NB
algorithm has the highest classification accuracy, which is about 0.76. Therefore, it is
proved that NB classification algorithm has good accuracy in the construction of
teaching evaluation model. The average running duration of four classification
algorithms is tested on the same data set. Fig. 5 shows the average running duration of
various machine learning algorithms in processing the same number of data sets.

35
The First
The Second
Average Running Duration/s

28

21

14

SVM DT BP NB

Fig. 5. Average running duration

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Fig. 5 discloses that the running duration of the DT classification algorithm and
NB classification algorithm in processing the average operation of the same data set
are smaller than those of SVM and BP algorithms, while NB algorithm takes less time
than DT algorithm. Combined with the experimental results, compared with other
classification algorithms, the NB algorithm has a higher classification accuracy in the
data set of the teaching evaluation system and has the shortest running duration.
Therefore, the NB algorithm is chosen to construct the teaching evaluation model.

3.3 Comparative analysis of classification accuracy between NB algorithm

and WNB algorithm

440 data records are extracted from the evaluation and teaching database as the
training set, and 140 data as the test set. 10 cross-validation experiments are
implemented to test the classification accuracy of NB algorithm and WNB algorithm.
Fig. 6 shows the comparison results of the accuracy of NB algorithm and WNB
algorithm.

0.90
NB
WNB
0.85
Classification Accuracy

0.80

0.75

0.70

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Fig. 6. Classification accuracy of NB algorithm and WNB algorithm

According to the experimental results, the classification accuracy of the WNB

algorithm is higher than the classification accuracy of the NB algorithm generally. On
this data set, the average classification accuracy of WNB is 0.817, while the average
classification accuracy of NB algorithm is 0.751. Therefore, it is suggested that the
weighted NB algorithm has a better classification accuracy on the teaching evaluation
data than the traditional NB algorithm.

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3.4 Comparison experiment of accuracy between BP algorithm and WNB

algorithm

In the field of teaching evaluation, the most commonly used classification method
is the BP neural network [12]. The weighted NB classification method is adopted in
this work to construct the teaching evaluation model, and the following content is the
comparison of data classification accuracy of WNB and BP algorithm.
BP classification algorithm and WNB algorithm are trained with 440 data, and 140
data are tested. When BP algorithm is trained, the number of input layer nodes is set
as 15, hidden layer node as 6, output layer node as 1, activation function is “tanh”, the
learning rate is 0.01, and the number of cycles is 20,000. Then, the BP algorithm and
the WNB algorithm are compared in 10 cross experiments. Fig. 7 shows the
comparison results of the classification accuracy between the BP algorithm and the
WNB algorithm.

0.90
BP
WNB
0.85
Classification Accuracy

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.65

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Fig. 7. Comparison of classification accuracy between

BP algorithm and WNB algorithm

According to the experimental results, the classification accuracy of the WNB

algorithm is higher than the classification accuracy of the BP algorithm generally. On
this data set, the classification accuracy of WNB is 0.800, while the classification
accuracy of BP algorithm is 0.680. Therefore, it can be obtained that the WNB
algorithm can achieve better results in the classification processing on the teaching
evaluation data set than the BP artificial neural network classification algorithm.

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4 Conclusion

To build a teacher teaching evaluation system that adapts to the education

environment in the new era, the machine learning algorithm under the background of
AI is adopted to build the teaching evaluation system, and the role of machine
learning algorithm in teacher teaching evaluation system is discussed. Firstly, it poses
the existing problems in the current teaching evaluation system, then puts forward
corresponding solutions and introduces the relevant theories and technologies needed
to solve the problems. Then, the actual construction of teaching evaluation system
model is implemented. Finally, the performance of the teacher teaching evaluation
model is tested and compared with that of the BP algorithm. The results reveal that
the evaluation system model designed in this work has a good performance in both
accuracy and speed. However, there are still some deficiencies, and there are
deviations between the operational conclusion of the actual algorithm and the
theoretical value, and more data is needed to train the model before being put into use.
In addition, the artificially set confidence interval will affect the objectivity of the
actual results, which should be solved in the follow-up research.

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6 Author

Jingjing Hu is a lecturer and master of Zhejiang Business College, mainly

engaged in teaching management and student learning evaluation.

Article submitted 2020-12-05. Resubmitted 2021-01-13. Final acceptance 2021-01-16. Final version
published as submitted by the authors.

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