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Chen, Su; Fang, Ying; Shi, Genghu; Sabatini, John; Greenberg, Daphne; Frijters, Jan; Graesser, Arthur C. – Grantee Submission, 2021
This paper describes a new automated disengagement tracking system (DTS) that detects learners' maladaptive behaviors, e.g. mind-wandering and impetuous responding, in an intelligent tutoring system (ITS), called AutoTutor. AutoTutor is a conversation-based intelligent tutoring system designed to help adult literacy learners improve their reading…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Attention, Adult Literacy
McNamara, Danielle S.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Snow, Erica L.; Allen, Laura K. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Work in cognitive and educational psychology examines a variety of phenomena related to the learning and retrieval of information. Indeed, Alice Healy, our honoree, and her colleagues have conducted a large body of groundbreaking research on this topic. In this article we discuss how 3 learning principles (the generation effect, deliberate…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Instructional Design, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Writing Instruction