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2010
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Generating Proactive Feedback to Help Students Stay on Track
In a tutoring system based on an exploratory environment, it is also important to provide direct guidance to students. We endowed iList, our linked list tutor, with the ability to ...
Davide Fossati, Barbara Di Eugenio, Stellan Ohlsso...
ITS
2010
Springer
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Learning by Teaching SimStudent
The purpose of the current study was to test whether we could create a system where students can learn by teaching a live machine-learning agent. SimStudent is a computer agent tha...
Noboru Matsuda, Victoria Keiser, Rohan Raizada, Ga...
ITS
2010
Springer
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Integrating Learning and Engagement in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments
A key promise of narrative-centered learning environments is the ability to make learning engaging. However, there is concern that learning and engagement may be at odds in these g...
Jonathan P. Rowe, Lucy R. Shores, Bradford W. Mott...
ITS
2010
Springer
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KSC-PaL: A Peer Learning Agent
We present an innovative application of discourse processing concepts to educational technology. In our corpus analysis of peer learning dialogues, we found that initiative and in...
Cynthia Kersey, Barbara Di Eugenio, Pamela W. Jord...
ITS
2010
Springer
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Learning What Works in ITS from Non-traditional Randomized Controlled Trial Data
The traditional, well established approach to finding out what works in education research is to run a randomized controlled trial (RCT) using a standard pretest and posttest desig...
Zachary A. Pardos, Matthew D. Dailey, Neil T. Heff...
ITS
2010
Springer
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ITS in Ill-Defined Domains: Toward Hybrid Approaches
Classical approaches for supporting tutoring services face several limitations for ill-defined domains. To overcome these limitations, we argue for the utilization of hybrid approa...
Philippe Fournier-Viger, Roger Nkambou, Engelbert ...
ITS
2010
Springer
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The Online Deteriorating Patient: An Adaptive Simulation to Foster Expertise in Emergency Decision-Making
The deteriorating patient activity (DPA) is a low-fidelity educational simulation that prepares medical students to effectively approach emergency situations. This paper outlines h...
Emmanuel G. Blanchard, Jeffrey Wiseman, Laura Nais...
ITS
2010
Springer
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Computational Workflows for Assessing Student Learning
The use of technology for instruction, and the enormous amount of information available for consumption, places a considerable burden on instructors who must learn to integrate app...
Jun Ma, Erin Shaw, Jihie Kim
ITS
2010
Springer
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Coordinate Geometry Learning Environment with Game-Like Properties
Mily’s World is a learning environment for coordinate geometry that has game-like properties, that is, elements of games that are engaging such as cover story, graphical represen...
Dovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck, Neil T. Heffernan
ITS
2010
Springer
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DynaLearn: Architecture and Approach for Investigating Conceptual System Knowledge Acquisition
DynaLearn is an Interactive Learning Environment that facilitates a constructive approach to developing a conceptual understanding of how systems work. The software can be put in d...
Bert Bredeweg, Jochem Liem, Floris Linnebank, Ren&...