Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 7th International Conference, ITS 2004, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, August 30 - September 3, 2004. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
A Learning Environment for English for Academic Purposes Based on Adaptive Tests and Task-Based Systems....Pages 1-11
A Model for Student Knowledge Diagnosis Through Adaptive Testing....Pages 12-21
A Computer-Adaptive Test That Facilitates the Modification of Previously Entered Responses: An Empirical Study....Pages 22-33
An Autonomy-Oriented System Design for Enhancement of Learner’s Motivation in E-learning....Pages 34-44
Inducing Optimal Emotional State for Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 45-54
Evaluating a Probabilistic Model of Student Affect....Pages 55-66
Politeness in Tutoring Dialogs: “Run the Factory, That’s What I’d Do”....Pages 67-76
Providing Cognitive and Affective Scaffolding Through Teaching Strategies: Applying Linguistic Politeness to the Educational Context....Pages 77-86
Knowledge Representation Requirements for Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 87-97
Coherence Compilation: Applying AIED Techniques to the Reuse of Educational TV Resources....Pages 98-107
The Knowledge Like the Object of Interaction in an Orthopaedic Surgery-Learning Environment....Pages 108-117
Towards Qualitative Accreditation with Cognitive Agents....Pages 118-127
Integrating Intelligent Agents, User Models, and Automatic Content Categorization in a Virtual Environment....Pages 128-139
EASE: Evolutional Authoring Support Environment....Pages 140-149
Selecting Theories in an Ontology-Based ITS Authoring Environment....Pages 150-161
Opening the Door to Non-programmers: Authoring Intelligent Tutor Behavior by Demonstration....Pages 162-174
Acquisition of the Domain Structure from Document Indexes Using Heuristic Reasoning....Pages 175-186
Role-Based Specification of the Behaviour of an Agent for the Interactive Resolution of Mathematical Problems....Pages 187-196
Lessons Learned from Authoring for Inquiry Learning: A Tale of Authoring Tool Evolution....Pages 197-206
The Role of Domain Ontology in Knowledge Acquisition for ITSs....Pages 207-216
Combining Heuristics and Formal Methods in a Tool for Supporting Simulation-Based Discovery Learning....Pages 217-226
Toward Tutoring Help Seeking....Pages 227-239
Why Are Algebra Word Problems Difficult? Using Tutorial Log Files and the Power Law of Learning to Select the Best Fitting Cognitive Model....Pages 240-250
Towards Shared Understanding of Metacognitive Skill and Facilitating Its Development....Pages 251-261
Analyzing Discourse Structure to Coordinate Educational Forums....Pages 262-272
Intellectual Reputation to Find an Appropriate Person for a Role in Creation and Inheritance of Organizational Intellect....Pages 273-284
Learners’ Roles and Predictable Educational Benefits in Collaborative Learning....Pages 285-294
Redefining the Turn-Taking Notion in Mediated Communication of Virtual Learning Communities....Pages 295-304
Harnessing P2P Power in the Classroom....Pages 305-314
Analyzing On-Line Collaborative Dialogues: The OXEnTCHÊ–Chat ....Pages 315-324
A Tool for Supporting Progressive Refinement of Wizard-of-Oz Experiments in Natural Language....Pages 325-335
Tactical Language Training System: An Interim Report....Pages 336-345
Combining Competing Language Understanding Approaches in an Intelligent Tutoring System....Pages 346-357
Evaluating Dialogue Schemata with the Wizard of Oz Computer-Assisted Algebra Tutor....Pages 358-367
Spoken Versus Typed Human and Computer Dialogue Tutoring....Pages 368-379
Linguistic Markers to Improve the Assessment of Students in Mathematics: An Exploratory Study....Pages 380-389
Advantages of Spoken Language Interaction in Dialogue-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 390-400
CycleTalk: Toward a Dialogue Agent That Guides Design with an Articulate Simulator....Pages 401-411
DReSDeN: Towards a Trainable Tutorial Dialogue Manager to Support Negotiation Dialogues for Learning and Reflection....Pages 412-422
Combining Computational Models of Short Essay Grading for Conceptual Physics Problems....Pages 423-431
From Human to Automatic Summary Evaluation....Pages 432-442
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Tutorial Dialogue System for Self-Explanation....Pages 443-454
Student Question-Asking Patterns in an Intelligent Algebra Tutor....Pages 455-467
Web-Based Intelligent Multimedia Tutoring for High Stakes Achievement Tests....Pages 468-477
Can Automated Questions Scaffold Children’s Reading Comprehension?....Pages 478-490
Web-Based Evaluations Showing Differential Learning for Tutorial Strategies Employed by the Ms. Lindquist Tutor....Pages 491-500
The Impact of Why/AutoTutor on Learning and Retention of Conceptual Physics....Pages 501-510
ITS Evaluation in Classroom: The Case of Ambre-AWP....Pages 511-520
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning of Strategies in a Non-procedural Cognitive Skill....Pages 521-530
Detecting Student Misuse of Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 531-540
Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Rule Generation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 541-553
A Category-Based Self-Improving Planning Module....Pages 554-563
AgentX: Using Reinforcement Learning to Improve the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 564-572
An Intelligent Tutoring System Based on Self-Organizing Maps – Design, Implementation and Evaluation....Pages 573-579
Modeling the Development of Problem Solving Skills in Chemistry with a Web-Based Tutor....Pages 580-591
Pedagogical Agent Design: The Impact of Agent Realism, Gender, Ethnicity, and Instructional Role....Pages 592-603
Designing Empathic Agents: Adults Versus Kids....Pages 604-613
RMT: A Dialog-Based Research Methods Tutor With or Without a Head....Pages 614-623
Using Knowledge Tracing to Measure Student Reading Proficiencies....Pages 624-634
The Massive User Modelling System (MUMS)....Pages 635-645
An Open Learner Model for Children and Teachers: Inspecting Knowledge Level of Individuals and Peers....Pages 646-655
Scaffolding Self-Explanation to Improve Learning in Exploratory Learning Environments.....Pages 656-667
Metacognition in Interactive Learning Environments: The Reflection Assistant Model....Pages 668-677
Predicting Learning Characteristics in a Multiple Intelligence Based Tutoring System....Pages 678-688
Alternative Views on Knowledge: Presentation of Open Learner Models....Pages 689-698
Modeling Students’ Reasoning About Qualitative Physics: Heuristics for Abductive Proof Search....Pages 699-709
From Errors to Conceptions – An approach to Student Diagnosis....Pages 710-719
 Discovering Intelligent Agent : A Tool for Helping Students Searching a Library....Pages 720-729
Developing Learning by Teaching Environments That Support Self-Regulated Learning....Pages 730-740
Adaptive Interface Methodology for Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 741-750
Implementing Analogies in an Electronic Tutoring System....Pages 751-761
Towards Adaptive Generation of Faded Examples....Pages 762-771
A Multi-dimensional Taxonomy for Automating Hinting....Pages 772-781
Inferring Unobservable Learning Variables from Students’ Help Seeking Behavior....Pages 782-784
The Social Role of Technical Personnel in the Deployment of Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 785-787
Intelligent Tools for Cooperative Learning in the Internet....Pages 788-790
A Plug-in Based Adaptive System: SAAW....Pages 791-793
Helps and Hints for Learning with Web Based Learning Systems: The Role of Instructions....Pages 794-796
Intelligent Learning Environment for Film Reading in Screening Mammography....Pages 797-799
Reuse of Collaborative Knowledge in Discussion Forums....Pages 800-802
A Module-Based Software Framework for E-learning over Internet Environment....Pages 803-805
Improving Reuse and Flexibility in Multiagent Intelligent Tutoring System Development Based on the COMPOR Platform....Pages 806-808
Towards an Authoring Methodology in Large-Scale E-learning Environments on the Web....Pages 809-811
ProPAT: A Programming ITS Based on Pedagogical Patterns....Pages 812-814
AMANDA: An ITS for Mediating Asynchronous Group Discussions....Pages 815-817
An E-learning Environment in Cardiology Domain....Pages 818-820
Mining Data and Providing Explanation to Improve Learning in Geosimulation....Pages 821-823
A Web-Based Adaptive Educational System Where Adaptive Navigation Is Guided by Experience Reuse....Pages 824-826
Improving Knowledge Representation, Tutoring, and Authoring in a Component-Based ILE....Pages 827-829
A Novel Hybrid Intelligent Tutoring System and Its Use of Psychological Profiles and Learning Styles....Pages 830-832
Using the Web-Based Cooperative Music Prototyping Environment CODES in Learning Situations....Pages 833-835
A Multi-agent Approach to Providing Different Forms of Assessment in a Collaborative Learning Environment....Pages 836-838
The Overlaying Roles of Cognitive and Information Theories in the Design of Information Access Systems....Pages 839-841
A Personalized Information Retrieval Service for an Educational Environment....Pages 842-844
Optimal Emotional Conditions for Learning with an Intelligent Tutoring System....Pages 845-847
FlexiTrainer: A Visual Authoring Framework for Case-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 848-850
Tutorial Dialog in an Equation Solving Intelligent Tutoring System....Pages 851-853
A Metacognitive ACT-R Model of Students’ Learning Strategies in Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 854-856
Promoting Effective Help-Seeking Behavior Through Declarative Instruction....Pages 857-859
Supporting Spatial Awareness in Training on a Telemanipulator in Space....Pages 860-863
Validating DynMap as a Mechanism to Visualize the Student’s Evolution Through the Learning Process....Pages 864-866
Qualitative Reasoning in Education of Deaf Students: Scientific Education and Acquisition of Portuguese as a Second Language....Pages 867-869
A Qualitative Model of Daniell Cell for Chemical Education....Pages 870-872
Student Representation Assisting Cognitive Analysis....Pages 873-876
An Ontology-Based Planning Navigation in Problem-Solving Oriented Learning Processes....Pages 877-879
A Formal and Computerized Modeling Method of Knowledge, User, and Strategy Models in PIModel-Tutor....Pages 880-882
SmartChat – An Intelligent Environment for Collaborative Discussions....Pages 883-885
Intelligent Learning Objects: An Agent Based Approach of Learning Objects....Pages 886-888
Using Simulated Students for Machine Learning....Pages 889-891
Towards an Analysis of How Shared Representations Are Manipulated to Mediate Online Synchronous Collaboration....Pages 892-894
A Methodology for the Construction of Learning Companions....Pages 895-897
Intelligent Learning Environment for Software Engineering Processes....Pages 898-900
Opportunities for Model-Based Learning Systems in the Human Exploration of Space....Pages 901-901
Toward Comprehensive Student Models: Modeling Meta-cognitive Skills and Affective States in ITS....Pages 902-902
Having a Genuine Impact on Teaching and Learning – Today and Tomorrow....Pages 903-903
Interactively Building a Knowledge Base for a Virtual Tutor....Pages 904-904
Ontological Engineering and ITS Research....Pages 905-905
Agents Serving Human Learning....Pages 906-906
Panels....Pages 907-907
Workshop on Modeling Human Teaching Tactics and Strategies....Pages 908-908
Workshop on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational Outcomes....Pages 909-909
Workshop on Grid Learning Services....Pages 910-910
Workshop on Distance Learning Environments for Digital Graphic Representation....Pages 911-911
Workshop on Applications of Semantic Web Technologies for E-learning....Pages 912-912
Workshop on Social and Emotional Intelligence in Learning Environments....Pages 913-913
Workshop on Dialog-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems: State of the Art and New Research Directions....Pages 914-914
Workshop on Designing Computational Models of Collaborative Learning Interaction....Pages 915-915
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