13. AIED 2007: Los Angeles, California, USA
Rosemary Luckin, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Jim E. Greer (Eds.): Artificial Intelligence in Education, Building Technology Rich Learning Contexts That Work, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2007, July 9-13, 2007, Los Angeles, California, USA. IOS Press 2007 Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications ISBN 978-1-58603-764-2
Keynote Speaker Abstracts
Roxana Moreno: The Relationship Between Minds-On and Hands-On Activity in Instructional Design: Evidence from Learning with Interactive and Non-Interactive Multimedia Environments. 3
Gregory D. Abowd: Using Automated Capture in Classrooms to Support Understanding of the Learning Experience. 4
Danae Stanton Fraser: The Technical Art of Learning Science. 5
Tak-Wai Chan: Humanity-Based Classroom: Teaching is Caring and Learning is Joyful. 6
Human-Computer Interface Issues
Darren Pearce, Rosemary Luckin: The Principle of State Expansion in Task State-Space Navigation. 9-16
Helmut Horacek, Magdalena Wolska: Generating Responses to Formally Flawed Problem-Solving Statements. 17-24
Martin Dzbor, Enrico Motta: Semantic Web Technology to Support Learning about the Semantic Web. 25-32
Ronald H. Stevens, Trysha Galloway, Chris Berka: Exploring Neural Trajectories of Scientific Problem Solving Skill Acquisition. 33-40
Pedagogical Agents
Pamela W. Jordan, Brian Hall, Michael A. Ringenberg, Yui Cue, Carolyn Penstein Rosé: Tools for Authoring a Dialogue Agent that Participates in Learning Studies. 43-50
Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima, E. Ashby Plant, Amy L. Baylor, Celeste E. Doerr: Changing Attitudes and Performance with Computer-generated Social Models. 51-58
Konstantin Zakharov, Antonija Mitrovic, Lucy Johnston: Pedagogical Agents Trying on a Caring Mentor Role. 59-66
W. Lewis Johnson: Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning. 67-74
Representation
Darina Dicheva, Christo Dichev: Helping Courseware Authors to Build Ontologies: The Case of TM4L. 77-84
Richard Cox, Jianxiong Pang: VL-PATSy: Facilitating vicarious learning via intelligent resource provision. 85-92
Matthew W. Easterday, Vincent Aleven, Richard Scheines: 'Tis Better to Construct than to Receive? The Effects of Diagram Tools on Causal Reasoning. 93-100
Niels Pinkwart, Vincent Aleven, Kevin D. Ashley, Collin Lynch: Evaluating Legal Argument Instruction with Graphical Representations Using LARGO. 101-108
Motivation
Carole R. Beal, Lei Qu: Relating Machine Estimates of Students' Learning Goals to Learning Outcomes: A DBN Approach. 111-118
Yanghee Kim, Quan Wei, Beijie Xu, Youngah Ko, Vessela Ilieva: MathGirls: Toward Developing Girls' Positive Attitude and Self-Efficacy through Pedagogical Agents. 119-126
G. Tanner Jackson, Arthur C. Graesser: Content Matters: An Investigation of Feedback Categories within an ITS. 127-134
Joseph E. Beck: Does Learner Control Affect Learning? 135-142
Emotion and Affect
Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Ryan Shaun Joazeiro de Baker, Maria C. V. Lagud, Sheryl Ann L. Lim, Alexis F. Macapanpan, Sheila A. M. S. Pascua, Jerry Q. Santillano, Leima R. S. Sevilla, Jessica O. Sugay, Sinath Tep, Norma J. B. Viehland: Affect and Usage Choices in Simulation Problem-Solving Environments. 145-152
Madeline Alsmeyer, Rosemary Luckin, Judith Good: Getting Under the Skin of Learners: Tools for Evaluating Emotional Experience. 153-160
Sidney K. D'Mello, Arthur C. Graesser: Mind and Body: Dialogue and Posture for Affect Detection in Learning Environments. 161-168
Manolis Mavrikis, Antony Maciocia, John Lee: Towards Predictive Modelling of Student Affect from Web-Based Interactions. 169-176
Metacognition
Amy M. Witherspoon, Roger Azevedo, Jeffrey Greene, Daniel C. Moos, Shanna Baker: The Dynamic Nature of Self-Regulatory Behavior in Self-Regulated Learning and Externally-Regulated Learning Episodes. 179-186
Jeremiah Sullins, Roger Azevedo, Andrew Trousdale, Jennifer Scott: The Influence of External-Regulation on Student Generated Questions during Hypermedia Learning. 187-194
Ivon Arroyo, Kimberly Ferguson, Jeffrey Johns, Toby Dragon, Hasmik Meheranian, Don Fisher, Andrew G. Barto, Sridhar Mahadevan, Beverly Park Woolf: Repairing Disengagement With Non-Invasive Interventions. 195-202
Ido Roll, Vincent Aleven, Bruce M. McLaren, Kenneth R. Koedinger: Can Help Seeking Be Tutored? Searching for the Secret Sauce of Metacognitive Tutoring. 203-210
ITS, Feedback and Scaffolding
Michael J. Timms: Using Item Response Theory (IRT) to select hints in an ITS. 213-221
Leena M. Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan, Robert W. Lindeman: What Level of Tutor Interaction is Best? 222-229
Valerie J. Shute, Eric G. Hansen, Russell Almond: Evaluating ACED: The Impact of Feedback and Adaptivity on Learning. 230-237
Carole R. Beal, Sinjini Mitra, Paul R. Cohen: Modeling learning patterns of students with a tutoring system using Hidden Markov Models. 238-245
Adaeze Nwaigwe, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Kurt VanLehn, Robert G. M. Hausmann, Anders Weinstein: Exploring Alternative Methods for Error Attribution in Learning Curves Analysis in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 246-253
Tsukasa Hirashima, Takuro Yokoyama, Masahiko Okamoto, Akira Takeuchi: Learning by Problem-Posing as Sentence-Integration and Experimental Use. 254-261
Katherine Forbes-Riley, Diane J. Litman, Amruta Purandare, Mihai Rotaru, Joel R. Tetreault: Comparing Linguistic Features for Modeling Learning in Computer Tutoring. 270-277
Learner Modelling
Andrew Mabbott, Susan Bull: Comparing Student-Constructed Open Learner Model Presentations to the Domain. 281-288
Sergey A. Sosnovsky, Peter Dolog, Nicola Henze, Peter Brusilovsky, Wolfgang Nejdl: Translation of Overlay Models of Student Knowledge for Relative Domains Based on Domain Ontology Mapping. 289-296
Linguistics and Language Technology
Maxim Makatchev, Kurt VanLehn: Combining Bayesian Networks and Formal Reasoning for Semantic Classification of Student Utterances. 307-314
Juan-Diego Zapata-Rivera, Waverely Vanwinkle, Valerie J. Shute, Jody S. Underwood, Malcolm Bauer: English ABLE. 323-330
Bruce M. McLaren, Oliver Scheuer, Maarten De Laat, Rakheli Hever, Reuma De Groot, Carolyn Penstein Rosé: Using Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze and Support Mediation of Student E-Discussions. 331-338
Linguistics and Language Technology, Tutorial Dialogues
Roger Azevedo, Moongee Jeon: Analyzing the Coherence and Cohesion in Human Tutorial Dialogues when Learning with Hypermedia. 341-348
Stellan Ohlsson, Barbara Di Eugenio, Bettina Chow, Davide Fossati, Xin Lu, Trina C. Kershaw: Beyond the code-and-count analysis of tutoring dialogues. 349-356
Sujith Ravi, Jihie Kim: Profiling Student Interactions in Threaded Discussions with Speech Act Classifiers. 357-364
Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Mladen A. Vouk, James C. Lester: The Influence of Learner Characteristics on Task-Oriented Tutorial Dialogue. 365-372
Collaboration
Beatriz Barros, Ricardo Conejo, Eduardo Guzmán: Measuring the Effect of Collaboration in an Assessment Environment. 375-382
Rohit Kumar, Carolyn Penstein Rosé, Yi-Chia Wang, Mahesh Joshi, Allen Robinson: Tutorial Dialogue as Adaptive Collaborative Learning Support. 383-390
Amanda Harris, Rosemary Luckin, Nicola Yuill: Creating Contexts for Productive Peer Collaboration: Some Design Considerations. 391-398
Erin Walker, Bruce M. McLaren, Nikol Rummel, Kenneth R. Koedinger: Who Says Three's a Crowd? Using a Cognitive Tutor to Support Peer Tutoring. 399-406
Course-Based Experimentation
Min Chi, Kurt VanLehn: Accelerated Future Learning via Explicit Instruction of a Problem Solving Strategy. 409-416
Robert G. M. Hausmann, Kurt VanLehn: Explaining Self-Explaining: A Contrast between Content and Generation. 417-424
Sandra Katz, John Connelly, Christine Wilson: Out of the Lab and into the Classroom: An Evaluation of Reflective Dialogue in Andes. 425-432
Bruce M. McLaren, Sung-Joo Lim, David Yaron, Kenneth R. Koedinger: Can a Polite Intelligent Tutoring System Lead to Improved Learning Outside of the Lab? 433-440
Authoring Tools and Ontologies
Stephen Blessing, Stephen B. Gilbert, Steven Ourada, Steven Ritter: Lowering the Bar for Creating Model-Tracing Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 443-450
Pramuditha Suraweera, Antonija Mitrovic, Brent Martin: Constraint Authoring System: An Empirical Evaluation. 451-458
Olivier Motelet, Nelson Baloian, Benjamin Piwowarski, José A. Pino: Taking advantage of the Semantics of a Lesson Graph based on Learning Objects. 459-466
Noboru Matsuda, William W. Cohen, Jonathan Sewall, Gustavo Lacerda, Kenneth R. Koedinger: Predicting Students' Performance with SimStudent: Learning Cognitive Skills from Observation. 467-476
Data Mining
Titus Winters, Christian R. Shelton, Tom Payne: Investigating Generative Factors of Score Matrices. 479-486
Xiaonan Zhang, Jack Mostow, Joseph E. Beck: Can a Computer Listen for Fluctuations in Reading Comprehension? 495-502
Andreas Harrer, Rakheli Hever, Sabrina Ziebarth: Empowering researchers to detect interaction patterns in e-collaboration. 503-510
Hao Cen, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Brian Junker: Is Over Practice Necessary? - Improving Learning Efficiency with the Cognitive Tutor through Educational Data Mining. 511-518
Posters
Lisa Anthony, Jie Yang, Kenneth R. Koedinger: Benefits of Handwritten Input for Students Learning Algebra Equation Solving. 521-523
Odette Auzende, Hélène Giroire, Françoise Le Calvez: Extension of IMS-QTI to Express Constraints on Template Variables in Mathematics Exercises. 524-526
Roger Azevedo, Amy M. Witherspoon, Shanna Baker, Jeffrey Greene, Daniel C. Moos, Jeremiah Sullins, Andrew Trousdale, Jennifer Scott: Do Various Self-Regulatory Processes Predict Different Hypermedia Learning Outcomes? 527-529
Nilufar Baghaei, Antonija Mitrovic: Evaluating a Collaborative Constraint-based Tutor for UML Class Diagrams. 533-535
Carole R. Beal, Erin Shaw, Mike Birch: Intelligent Tutoring and Human Tutoring in Small Groups: An Empirical Comparison. 536-538
Carole R. Beal, Ronald H. Stevens: Student Motivation and Performance in Scientific Problem Solving Simulations. 539-541
Jill Burstein, Jane Shore, John Sabatini, Yong-Won Lee, Matthew Ventura: Developing a Text Support Tool for English Language Learners. 542-544
Tao-Hsing Chang, Chia-Hoang Lee, Hak-Ping Tam: On Issues of Feature Extraction in Chinese Automatic Essay Scoring System. 545-547
Min Chi, Kurt VanLehn: Domain-Specific and Domain-Independent Interactive Behaviors in Andes. 548-550
Scotty D. Craig, Kurt VanLehn, Soniya Gadgil, Micki Chi: Learning from Collaboratively Observing Videos during Problem Solving with Andes. 554-556
Dominik Dietrich, Mark Buckley: Verification of Proof Steps for Tutoring Mathematical Proofs. 560-562
Benedict du Boulay, Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez, Rosemary Luckin, Erika Martínez-Mirón: Motivationally Intelligent Systems: Diagnosis and Feedback. 563-565
Michael Heilman, Alan Juffs, Maxine Eskenazi: Choosing Reading Passages for Vocabulary Learning by Topic to Increase Intrinsic Motivation. 566-568
Arthur C. Graesser, Patrick Chipman, Brandon King, Bethany McDaniel, Sidney K. D'Mello: Emotions and Learning with AutoTutor. 569-571
Yusuke Hayashi, Jacqueline Bourdeau, Riichiro Mizoguchi: Standard-Compliant Scenario Building with Theoretical Justification in a Theory-Aware Authoring Tool. 572-574
Seiji Isotani, Riichiro Mizoguchi: Using Ontologies for an Effective Design of Collaborative Learning Activities. 578-580
Pamela W. Jordan: Topic Initiative in a Simulated Peer Dialogue Agent. 581-583
Judy Kay, Peter Reimann, Kalina Yacef: Mirroring of Group Activity to Support Learning as Participation. 584-586
Jihie Kim, Erin Shaw, Grace Chern, Roshan Herbert: Novel Tools for Assessing Student Discussions: Modeling threads and participant roles using speech act and course topic analysis. 590-592
Duenpen Kochakornjarupong, Paul Brna: Evaluating of a Scaffolding System for Supporting Less Experienced Feedback Givers. 593-595
Amruth Kumar, Peter Rutigliano: The Effects of Error-Flagging in a Tutor on Expression Evaluation. 599-601
Hidenobu Kunichika, Akira Takeuchi: Paragraph Development Schemata to Support English Composition. 602-604
Chun Wai Liew, Joel A. Shapiro, Donald E. Smith, Ryan McCall: Understanding Student Answers In Introductory Physics Courses. 605-607
Xin Lu, Barbara Di Eugenio, Stellan Ohlsson: Learning Tutorial Rules Using Classification Based On Associations. 608-610
Moffat Mathews, Antonija Mitrovic: The Effect of Problem Templates on Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 611-613
Yongwu Miao, Heinz Ulrich Hoppe, Niels Pinkwart: Situation Creator: A Pedagogical Agent Creating Learning Opportunities. 614-616
Nancy Milik, Antonija Mitrovic, Michael Grimley: Fitting Spatial Ability into Intelligent Tutoring Systems Development. 617-619
Brent Morgan, Roby Coles, Joshua K. Brittingham, Barry Gholson: Further Evidence for the Deep-Level Reasoning Question Effect. 620-622
Roger Nkambou, Engelbert Mephu Nguifo, Olivier Couturier, Philippe Fournier-Viger: A Framework for Problem-Solving Knowledge Mining from Users' Actions. 623-625
Zachary A. Pardos, Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Cristina Linquist-Heffernan: Analyzing Fine-Grained Skill Models Using Bayesian and Mixed Effects Methods. 626-628
Ildikó Pelczer, Fernando Gamboa Rodríguez: Automated Assessment of Problem Difficulty in Mathematical Analysis. 629-631
Diana Rosario Pérez Marín, Ismael Pascual-Nieto, Enrique Alfonseca, Pilar Rodríguez: Automatically Generated Inspectable Learning Models for Students. 632-634
Olga C. Santos, Jesus Boticario: Supporting Learning Design via dynamic generation of learning routes in ADAPTAPlan. 638-640
Peter Sen Kee Seow, Chee-Kit Looi, Baohui Zhang: Developing Seamless Learning Environment for Primary Science Education. 641-643
Benjamin Shih, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Richard Scheines: Optimizing Student Models for Causality. 644-646
Hilary Smith, Rosemary Luckin, Danae Stanton Fraser, Lisa Williams, Andreas Dünser, Eva Hornecker, Adrian Woolard, Brendan Lancaster: Sun Seeking: Interactive Story-Reading Through Different Media. 647-649
Jason Tan, John Wagster, Yanna Wu, Gautam Biswas: Effect of Metacognitive Support on Student Behaviors in Learning by Teaching Environments. 650-652
Pierre Tchounikine: Learners' Self-Organization as a First-Class Concern for CSCL Macro-Scripts. 656-658
Hao-Chuan Wang, Carolyn Penstein Rosé: Supporting Collaborative Idea Generation: A Closer Look Using Statistical Process Analysis Techniques. 659-661
Yi-Chia Wang, Mahesh Joshi, Carolyn Penstein Rosé, Frank Fischer, Armin Weinberger, Karsten Stegmann: Context Based Classification for Automatic Collaborative Learning Process Analysis. 662-664
Amali Weerasinghe, Antonija Mitrovic, Brent Martin: Towards a General Model for Supporting Explanations to Enhance Learning. 665-667
Rob R. Weitz, Neil T. Heffernan, Viswanathan Kodaganallur, David Rosenthal: The Distribution of Student Errors Across Schools: An Initial Study. 671-673
Young Researchers' Track Abstracts
Amir Abdessemed, Mehdi Najjar, André Mayers, Habib Hamam: Toward a Generic Cognitive Model of Knowledge Representation - A Case Study of Problem Solving in DC Electrical Circuits. 679-680
Katerina Avramides: Students' Conception of Knowledge and Its Link to Knowledge Monitoring in Ill-Structured Subjects: The Potential of Representational Tools to Support Learning. 681-682
Mihaela Cocea: Learning Engagement: What Actions of Learners Could Best Predict It? 683-684
Björn Eisen: Adaptive Generation of Feedback in a Learning Environment with Smart Objects. 685-686
Sylvie Girard: Towards promoting meta-cognition using emotive interface personas within Open-Learner Modelling Environments. 687-688
Cecily Heiner: Towards A Virtual Teaching Assistant to Answer Questions Asked by Students in Introductory Computer Science. 689-690
Alan Koenig: Exploring Narrative as a Cognitive Aid in Educational Video Games. 691-692
Scott W. McQuiggan: Coping with Frustration: Self-efficacy Modelling and Empathetic Companion Agents. 693-694
Jabari O. Pulliam, Robert Sajan, Katja Hofmann: Modeling Engagement in Educational Adaptive Hypermedia. 695-696
Anna N. Rafferty, Michael Yudelson: Applying Learning Factors Analysis to Build Stereotypic Student Models. 697-698
Michael A. Ringenberg: A Student Model Based on Item Response Theory for TuTalk, a Tutorial Dialogue Agent. 699-700
John C. Stamper: Automating the Generation of Student Models for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 701-702
David Storey: Supporting Learning in Games with an Open Learner Model. 703-704
Amali Weerasinghe: Developing a General Model for Supporting Explanations. 705-706
Longkai Wu: Incorporating Reflection Prompts into Learning-by-Teaching Environment to Foster Reflective Student Teacher. 707-708
Ruth Wylie: Are We Asking the Right Questions? Understanding Which Tasks Lead to the Robust Learning of the English Article System. 709-710
Workshop Summaries
Vincent Aleven, Kevin D. Ashley, Collin Lynch, Niels Pinkwart: AIED Applications in Ill-Defined Domains. 713
Eric Hamilton, Amy L. Baylor, Mark Chavez, Ronald A. Cole, Chris DiGiano, Andy Hurford, Michael J. Jacobson, Manu Kapur, Leo Lee, Richard Lesh, Manuel Lima, Philip Vahey: Assessment of Group and Individual Learning through Intelligent Visualization (AGILeViz). 714
Vladan Devedzic, Judith Good, Andreas Harrer, Rosemary Luckin, Darren Pearce, Symeon Retalis, Judy Robertson: The Design of AIED Systems: Learner-Centred and Design Pattern Approaches. 715
Dawn Woodgate, Danae Stanton Fraser: Emerging Technologies for Inquiry-Based Learning in Science. 717
Sidney K. D'Mello, Scotty D. Craig, Rana El Kaliouby, Madeline Alsmeyer, Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez: Modeling and Scaffolding Affective Experiences to Impact Learning. 719
Mark Riedl, Isabel Machado Alexandre, Brian Magerko, Ana Paiva, H. Chad Lane: Narrative Learning Environments. 720
Nicola Capuano, Darina Dicheva, Andreas Harrer, Riichiro Mizoguchi: SWEL'07: International Workshop on Ontologies and Semantic Web Services for Intelligent Distributed Educational Systems. 721
Ido Roll, Vincent Aleven, Roger Azevedo, Ryan Shaun Joazeiro de Baker, Gautam Biswas, Cristina Conati, Amanda Harris, Rosemary Luckin, Antonija Mitrovic, Tom Murray, Barbara White, Philip H. Winne: Workshop on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning in ITSs. 722
Tutorial Abstracts
Antonija Mitrovic, Stellan Ohlsson, Brent Martin, Pramuditha Suraweera: Authoring Constraint-Based Tutoring Systems. 725
Evandro de Barros Costa, Ig Ibert Bittencourt: Developing Agent-Based Aied Systems under the Perspective of the Semantic Web. 726
Bert Bredeweg, Paulo Salles: Mediating Conceptual Knowledge with Qualitative Reasoning Technology. 727
Pamela W. Jordan, Kurt VanLehn: Rapidly Creating a Tutorial Dialogue System Using the TuTalk Tool Suite. 728
Carolyn Penstein Rosé: TagHelper Tools: Tools for Supporting the Analysis of Verbal Data. 729
Interactive Events Summaries
Brent Martin, Antonija Mitrovic, Pramuditha Suraweera: Interactive Event: Ontological Domain Modeling of Constraint-Based Its. 733
W. Lewis Johnson: Tactical Language and Culture Training System: Learn and Author. 734



