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Ward, W.; Cole, R.; Bolanos, D.; Buchenroth-Martin, C.; Svirsky, E.; Van Vuuren, S.; Weston, T.; Zheng, J.; Becker, L. – Grantee Submission, 2011
This paper describes My Science Tutor (MyST), an intelligent tutoring system designed to improve science learning by students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades (7 to 11 years old) through conversational dialogs with a virtual science tutor. In our study, individual students engage in spoken dialogs with the virtual tutor Marni during 15 to 20 minute…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Science Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers