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AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A Phoneme-Based Student Model for Adaptive Spelling Training
We present a novel phoneme-based student model for spelling training. Our model is data driven, adapts to the user and provides information for, e.g., optimal word selection. We de...
Gian-Marco Baschera, Markus Gross
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
The Impact of Off-task and Gaming Behaviors on Learning: Immediate or Aggregate?
: Both gaming the system (taking advantage of the system’s feedback and help to succeed in the tutor without learning the material) and being off-task (engaging in behavior that ...
Mihaela Cocea, Arnon Hershkovitz, Ryan Shaun Joaze...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Student Knowledge Diagnosis Using Item Response Theory and Constraint-Based Modeling
One of the most popular student modeling techniques currently available is Constraint Based Modeling (CBM), which is based on Ohlsson's theory of learning from performance err...
Jaime Gálvez, Eduardo Guzmán, Ricard...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
MetaTutor: Analyzing Self-Regulated Learning in a Tutoring System for Biology
We report preliminary data of an initial laboratory study examining the effectiveness of self-regulated learning (SRL) training versus no training on learners’ ability to deploy ...
Roger Azevedo, Amy M. Witherspoon, Arthur C. Graes...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Toward Adaptive Presentations of Student Models in eLearning Environments
In this paper we report our work on introducing adaptations of the learner model’s presentation in adaptive educational systems, in order to bring a healthy balance between the u...
Luca Mazzola, Riccardo Mazza
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Discovering Tutorial Dialogue Strategies with Hidden Markov Models
Identifying effective tutorial strategies is a key problem for tutorial dialogue systems research. Ongoing work in human-human tutorial dialogue continues to reveal the complex phe...
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Eunyoung Ha, Michael D. Wa...
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Generating Instruction Automatically for the Reading Strategy of Self-Questioning
Self-questioning is an important reading comprehension strategy, so it would be useful for an intelligent tutor to help students apply it to any given text. Our goal is to help chi...
Jack Mostow, Wei Chen
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
What Students Expect May Have More Impact Than What They Know or Feel
Researchers of educational technologies are often asked to do the impossible: make students learn and have them enjoy it. These two objectives, though not mutually exclusive, are f...
G. Tanner Jackson, Arthur C. Graesser, Danielle S....
AIED
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Using Task-Based Modeling to Generate Scaffolding in Narrative-Guided Exploratory Learning Environments
Abstract. A description of a novel domain-independent framework that automatically generates and fades scaffolding supports for task-oriented learning within exploratory environmen...
James M. Thomas, R. Michael Young