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Katz, Sandra; Albacete, Patricia; Jordan, Pamela – Grantee Submission, 2016
This poster reports on a study that compared three types of summaries at the end of natural-language tutorial dialogues and a no-dialogue control, to determine which type of summary, if any, best predicted learning gains. Although we found no significant differences between conditions, analyses of gender differences indicate that female students…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reflection, Dialogs (Language)
Katz, Sandra; Jordan, Pamela; Litman, Diane – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The natural-language tutorial dialogue system that the authors are developing will allow them to focus on the nature of interactivity during tutoring as a malleable factor. Specifically, it will serve as a research platform for studies that manipulate the frequency and types of verbal alignment processes that take place during tutoring, such as…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Physics, Logical Thinking, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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Katz, Sandra; Albacete, Patricia L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
For some time, it has been clear that students who are tutored generally learn more than students who experience classroom instruction (e.g., Bloom, 1984). Much research has been devoted to identifying features of tutorial dialogue that can explain its effectiveness, so that these features can be simulated in natural-language tutoring systems. One…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Natural Language Processing, Interaction, Rhetorical Theory
Katz, Sandra; Albacete, Patricia L. – Grantee Submission, 2013
For some time, it has been clear that students who are tutored generally learn more than students who experience classroom instruction (e.g., Bloom, 1984). Much research has been devoted to identifying features of tutorial dialogue that can explain its effectiveness, so that these features can be simulated in natural-language tutoring systems. One…
Descriptors: Rhetorical Theory, Tutoring, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Secondary School Science
Kolonay, Deborah J.; Kelly-Garris, Kathy – Principal Leadership, 2009
How does one build connections with students who do not feel they are part of the school community? Penn-Trafford High School in Harrison City, Pennsylvania, always seemed to have a number of students who felt no connection to the school or their classmates. They skipped class or didn't participate when they did attend. They were prime candidates…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Skills, Reading Programs
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries