Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems

Lishan Zhang; Winslow Burleson; Maria Elena Chavez-Echeagaray; Sylvie Girard; Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez; Yoalli Hidalgo-Pontet; Kurt VanLehn

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_84

Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems

Lishan Zhang, Winslow Burleson, Maria Elena Chavez-Echeagaray, Sylvie Girard, Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez, Yoalli Hidalgo-Pontet, Kurt VanLehn

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Abstract

While modeling dynamic systems in an efficient manner is an important skill to acquire for a scientist, it is a difficult skill to acquire. A simple step-based tutoring system, called AMT, was designed to help students learn how to construct models of dynamic systems using deep modeling practices. In order to increase the frequency of deep modeling and reduce the amount of guessing/gaming, a meta-tutor coaching students to follow a deep modeling strategy was added to the original modeling tool. This paper presents the results of two experiments investigating the effectiveness of the meta-tutor when compared to the original software. The results indicate that students who studied with the meta-tutor did indeed engage more in deep modeling practices.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	666-669
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9783642391118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_84
State	Published - 2013
Event	16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013 - Memphis, TN, United States Duration: Jul 9 2013 → Jul 13 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7926 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Memphis, TN
Period	7/9/13 → 7/13/13

Keywords

Empirical evaluation
Intelligent tutoring systems
Meta-tutor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Zhang, L., Burleson, W., Chavez-Echeagaray, M. E., Girard, S., Gonzalez-Sanchez, J., Hidalgo-Pontet, Y., & VanLehn, K. (2013). Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems. In Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings (pp. 666-669). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7926 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_84

Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems. / Zhang, Lishan; Burleson, Winslow; Chavez-Echeagaray, Maria Elena et al.
Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2013. p. 666-669 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7926 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Zhang, L, Burleson, W, Chavez-Echeagaray, ME, Girard, S, Gonzalez-Sanchez, J, Hidalgo-Pontet, Y & VanLehn, K 2013, Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems. in Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7926 LNAI, Springer Verlag, pp. 666-669, 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013, Memphis, TN, United States, 7/9/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_84

Zhang L, Burleson W, Chavez-Echeagaray ME, Girard S, Gonzalez-Sanchez J, Hidalgo-Pontet Y et al. Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems. In Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2013. p. 666-669. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_84

Zhang, Lishan ; Burleson, Winslow ; Chavez-Echeagaray, Maria Elena et al. / Evaluation of a meta-tutor for constructing models of dynamic systems. Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2013. pp. 666-669 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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