Digital Transformation of Education

Works Published in 2023

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2023 article

XAI to Increase the Effectiveness of an Intelligent Pedagogical Agent

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS, IVA 2023.

TL;DR: Empirical study shows the IPA with personalized explanations significantly improves students' learning outcomes compared to the other versions of the Intelligent Pedagogical Agent. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 11, 2024

2023 article

Investigating the Impact of On-Demand Code Examples on Novices' Open-Ended Programming Projects

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH V.1, ICER 2023 V1, pp. 464–475.

By: W. Wang*, J. Bacher n, A. Isvik n, A. Limke n, S. Sthapit n, Y. Shi n, B. Tabarsi n, K. Tran n ...

author keywords: open-ended programming; code examples; block-based programming; novice programming
TL;DR: It was found that students who had access to all 37 code examples used a significantly larger variety of code APIs, perceived the programming as relatively more creative, but also experienced a higher task load. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 12, 2024

2023 article

Latent Space Encoding for Interpretable Fuzzy Logic Rules in Continuous and Noisy High-Dimensional Spaces

2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, FUZZ.

By: J. Hostetter n & M. Chi n

TL;DR: The efficacy of the proposed method is showcased through its application in predicting the acceleration of one of the links for the Unimation Puma 560 robot arm, effectively overcoming the challenges posed by non-linearity and noise in the dataset. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 12, 2024

2023 article

Leveraging Fuzzy Logic Towards More Explainable Reinforcement Learning-Induced Pedagogical Policies on Intelligent Tutoring Systems

2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, FUZZ.

TL;DR: F fuzzy logic is applied to distill knowledge from Deep RL-induced policies into interpretable IF-THEN Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) rules, showing that these FLC policies significantly outperform expert policy and student decisions, demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 12, 2024

2023 article

Participatory Design with Teachers for Block-based Learning with SnapClass

2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC, pp. 173–178.

author keywords: K-12 computing; Block-based Programming; Participatory Design; computer science education; K-12 teachers
TL;DR: SnapClass, a new web-based learning platform for Snap!, integrates assignments with starter code, executable student submissions, rubric-based assessment, and a gradebook into one platform and identifies the common struggles teachers face while instructing programming and how they would address those struggles through the design of SnapClass. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 29, 2024

2023 article

Exploring Novices' Struggle and Progress during Programming through Data-Driven Detectors and Think-Aloud Protocols

2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC, pp. 179–183.

By: B. Tabarsi n, H. Reichert n, R. Qualls*, T. Price n & T. Barnes n

author keywords: CS Education; Struggle; Novice Programming; Detection Systems
TL;DR: This work conducted a think-aloud study with five high-school students to investigate the automatic detection of progressing and struggling moments using a detector algorithm (SPD), and explored the extent to which the SPD-identified moments of struggle aligned with expert- identified moments based on novices' verbalized thoughts and programming actions. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 29, 2024

2023 article

Do Intentions to Persist Predict Short-Term Computing Course Enrollments? A Scale Development, Validation, and Reliability Analysis

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 54TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, VOL 1, SIGCSE 2023, pp. 1062–1068.

author keywords: Persistence; enrollment; validated scale; introductory computer science
TL;DR: A scale to measure intentions to persist in computing is developed and validated, and its use in predicting actual persistence as defined by enrolling in another computer science course within two semesters is demonstrated. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 16, 2024

2023 article

Project-Based Software Engineering Curriculum for Secondary Students

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH WIPSCE CONFERENCE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, WIPSCE 2023.

author keywords: software engineering education; K-12; K-12 computer science education; project-based learning pegadogy
TL;DR: The lessons learned from this experience report suggest that PBL pedagogical can increase student engagement when teaching CS concepts, and this pedagogy provides detail and structure for future secondary SE curriculum implementations to support educators in the classroom. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 16, 2024

2023 article

How and When: The Impact of Metacognitive Knowledge Instruction and Motivation on Transfer Across Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Abdelshiheed, M., Barnes, T., & Chi, M. (2023, September 27). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION.

By: M. Abdelshiheed n, T. Barnes n & M. Chi n

author keywords: Metacognitive knowledge; Motivation; Metacognitive interventions; Transfer; Intelligent tutoring systems
TL;DR: A framework suggests that the key factors for facilitating transfer are the motivation for StrBoth students, nudges for their StrHow peers, and the combination of worked examples and nudges for Rote students. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 23, 2023

2023 article

A Case Study on When and How Novices Use Code Examples in Open-Ended Programming

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL 1, pp. 82–88.

author keywords: open-ended programming; code examples; block-based programming; novice programming
TL;DR: This study conducts a study with 12 pairs of high school students working on open-ended game design projects, using a system that allows students to browse examples based on their functionality, and to view and copy the example code. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 11, 2023

2023 article

Investigating the Impact of Backward Strategy Learning in a Logic Tutor: Aiding Subgoal Learning Towards Improved Problem Solving

Shabrina, P., Mostafavi, B., Abdelshiheed, M., Chi, M., & Barnes, T. (2023, August 21). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION.

author keywords: Subgoal; Logic tutor; Intelligent tutor systems; Backward strategy; Forward strategy
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 5, 2023

2023 journal article

Healthful Connected Living: Vision and Challenges for the Case of Obesity

IEEE INTERNET COMPUTING, 27(3), 7–14.

By: M. Singh n, M. Chi n & V. Misra n

author keywords: Sensors; Obesity; Heart rate variability; Biomedical monitoring; Artificial intelligence; Temperature measurement; Psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 24, 2023

2023 article

Time-aware deep reinforcement learning with multi-temporal abstraction

Kim, Y. J., & Chi, M. (2023, March 25). APPLIED INTELLIGENCE.

By: Y. Kim n & M. Chi n

author keywords: Time-aware; Temporal abstraction; Deep reinforcement learning; Irregular time series; RL for real-world applications; Nuclear reactor control; Sepsis treatment
TL;DR: T-MTA significantly outperforms competing baseline frameworks, including a standalone Time-aware DRL framework, MTAs, and the original DRL methods without considering either type of temporal aspect, especially when partially observable environments are involved and the range of time intervals is large. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: April 11, 2023

2023 journal article

TC-DTW: Accelerating multivariate dynamic time warping through triangle inequality and point clustering

INFORMATION SCIENCES, 621, 611–626.

By: D. Shen* & M. Chi n

TL;DR: A solution that, for the first time, consistently outperforms the classic multivariate DTW algorithm across dataset sizes, series lengths, data dimensions, temporal window sizes, and machines is presented. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 17, 2023

2023 journal article

Forests After Florence: an informal community-engaged STEM research project promotes STEM identity in disaster-impacted students

Research in Science & Technological Education.

author keywords: Resilience; STEM identity; gender; forestry; hurricanes
TL;DR: This research evaluated how participation in an STEM education intervention after an ecological disaster can have lasting impacts on a community. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: June 22, 2021

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