Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Secondary teachers across the country are being asked to use formative assessment data to inform their classroom instruction. At the same time, critics of No Child Left Behind are calling the bill...
Leena Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan, Mingyu Feng, A. Pardos
In Massachusetts, similar to many states, teachers are being asked to use state mandated assessments in a data-driven manner to help their students meet state standards. However, teachers want...
The Assistment Builder: A Rapid Development Tool for IT (2009)
Goss Nuzzo-jones, Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan, Tom Livak, A Luengo, Lucile Vadcard, ...
Adaptive and intelligent Web-based educational systems (AIWBES) provide an alternative to the traditional “just-put-it-on-the-Web ” approach in the development of Web-based educational. AIWBES...
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan
Limited classroom time available in middle school mathematics classes forces teachers to choose between assisting students ’ development and assessing students ’ abilities. To help teachers make...
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan
Most large standardized tests (like the math-subtest of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)) analyzed with Item Response Theory are “unidimensional ” in that they are analyzed as if all the...
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan
Limited classroom time available in middle school mathematics classes forces teachers to choose between assisting students ’ development and assessing students ’ abilities. To help teachers make...
Data Mining, 2005. Looking for Sources of Error in Predicting Student’s Knowledge (2008)
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Recent research has focused on detecting the “gaming” behavior of students while using an intelligent tutoring system. For instance, Baker, Corbett & Koedinger (2004) reported detecting...
Leena Razzaq, Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Brian Junker, Goss Nuzzo-jones, ...
Middle school mathematics teachers are often forced to choose between assisting students ’ development and assessing students ’ abilities because of limited classroom time available. To help...
Organizer Brian, W. Junker, Moderator Kenneth, R. Koedinger, Valerie J. Shute, ...
2. “500-word summary of the topic and organizational structure of the session. The summary should make clear the distinctions between the positions taken by each presenter. In addition, type or...
Analyzing Fine-Grained Skill Models Using Bayesian and Mixed Effect Methods (2008)
Zachary A. Pardos, Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Cristina Linquist-heffernan
Abstract. Two modelling methods were employed to answer the same research question of how accurate the various grained WPI 1, 5, 39 and 106 skill models are at assessing student knowledge in the...
What Level of Tutor Interaction is Best? (2008)
Leena Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan, Robert W. Lindeman
Abstract. Razzaq and Heffernan (2006) showed that scaffolding compared to hints
2006b) Prevention of Off-Task Gaming Behavior in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (2008)
Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. A major issue in Intelligent Tutoring Systems is off-task student behavior, especially performance-based gaming, where students systematically exploit tutor behavior in order to advance...
Zachary A. Pardos, Neil T. Heffernan, Brigham Anderson, Cristina L Heffernan
Abstract. A standing question in the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and User Modeling in general is what is the appropriate level of model granularity (how many skills to model) and how is...
Kevin Kardian, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. Building a mapping between items and their related knowledge components, while difficult and time consuming, is central to the task of developing affective intelligent tutoring systems....
The Assistment Builder: A Rapid Development Tool for IT (2008)
Goss Nuzzo-jones, Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan, Tom Livak, A Luengo, Lucile Vadcard, ...
Adaptive and intelligent Web-based educational systems (AIWBES) provide an alternative to the traditional “just-put-it-on-the-Web ” approach in the development of Web-based educational. AIWBES...
Blending Assessment and Instructional Assistance (2007)
Leena Razzaq, Mingyu Feng, Goss Nuzzo-jones, Neil T. Heffernan, Brian Junker, Steven Ritter, ...
Blending Assessment and Instructional Assistance (2007)
Leena Razzaq, Mingyu Feng, Goss Nuzzo-jones, Neil T. Heffernan, Brian Junker, Steven Ritter, ...
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Abstract. The ASSISTment system was used by over 600 students in 2004-05 school year as part of their math class. While in [7] we reported student learning within the ASSISTment system, in this paper...
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Abstract. The ASSISTment system was used by over 600 students in 2004-05 school year as part of their math class. While in [7] we reported student learning within the ASSISTment system, in this paper...
Detection and Analysis of Off-Task Gaming Behavior in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (2006)
Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. A major issue in Intelligent Tutoring Systems is off-task student behavior, especially performance-based gaming, where students systematically exploit tutor behavior in order to advance...
Scaffolding vs. Hints in the Assistment System (2006)
Leena Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. Razzaq et al, 2005 reported that the Assistment system was causing students to learn at the computer but we were not sure if that was simply due to students getting practice or more due to...
Looking for sources of error in predicting student’s knowledge (2005)
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Recent research has focused on detecting the “gaming” behavior of students while using an intelligent tutoring system. For instance, Baker, Corbett & Koedinger (2004) reported detecting...
The eXtensible tutor architecture: a new foundation for ITS (2005)
Goss Nuzzo-jones, Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan, Tom Livak
Abstract. The eXtensible Tutor Architecture (XTA) was designed as a platform for creating and deploying many types of Intelligent Tutoring Systems across many different platforms. The XTA presently...
Informing Teachers Live about Student Learning: Reporting in the Assistment System (2005)
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. Limited classroom time available in middle school mathematics classes forces teachers to choose between assisting students ' development and assessing students ' abilities. To...
The ASSISTment Builder: A Rapid Development Tool for ITS (2005)
Terence E. Turner, Michael A. Macasek, Goss Nuzzo-jones, Neil T. Heffernan, Ken Koedinger
Abstract. Intelligent Tutoring Systems are notoriously costly to construct [1], and require PhD level experience in cognitive science and rule based programming. The goal of this research was to ease...
The eXtensible tutor architecture: a new foundation for ITS (2005)
Goss Nuzzo-jones, Jason A. Walonoski, Neil T. Heffernan, Tom Livak
Abstract. The eXtensible Tutor Architecture (XTA) was designed as a platform for creating and deploying many types of Intelligent Tutoring Systems across many different platforms. The XTA presently...
Looking for sources of error in predicting student’s knowledge (2005)
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger
Recent research has focused on detecting the “gaming” behavior of students while using an intelligent tutoring system. For instance, Baker, Corbett & Koedinger (2004) reported detecting...
Informing Teachers Live about Student Learning: Reporting in the Assistment System (2005)
Mingyu Feng, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. Limited classroom time available in middle school mathematics classes forces teachers to choose between assisting students ' development and assessing students ' abilities. To...
Tutorial dialog in an equation solving intelligent tutoring system (2004)
Leena M. Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan
Abstract. A new intelligent tutoring system is presented for the domain of solving equations. This system is novel, because it is an intelligent equation-solving tutor that combines a cognitive model...
Jonathan Freyberger, Neil T. Heffernan, Carolina Ruiz
Abstract: We say a transfer model is a mapping between the questions in an intelligent tutoring system and the knowledge components (i.e., skills, strategies, declarative knowledge, etc) needed to...
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carnegie Mellon University, 2001.
Neil T. Heffernan, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Brain Junker, Steven Ritter, Carnegie Learning Incorporated
The movement towards high stakes testing promises to encourage rigor and accountability in middle school mathematics, but there is a danger that a toonarrow focus on testing will take time and...
Banta, H. G., Troillet, David B., Heffernan, Neil T., Plamondon, Brian, Beal, Scott A.
This report describes the efforts and results of examining the feasibility of creating a Virtual Observer/Controller (VOC) to observe and critique Soldiers' performance as they are engaged in...
Koedinger, Kenneth R., Heffernan, Neil T., Aleven, Vincent
We were able to show that our tools can be used to build many different rule-based cognitive models, such as a Warrior Simulator at Fort Benning (Livak & Heffernan, 2004), a Logic Tutor for internal...
Heffernan, Neil T., Koedinger, Kenneth R., Aleven, Vincent
To investigate ways to increase the affordability of human behavioral modeling through development of better software tools to support this task and the gathering of objective evidence that the tools...
A new method to eliminate redundancy in problem space search: the fifteen puzzle (1993)
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