A dynamic mixture model to detect student motivation and proficiency

  • Authors:
  • Jeff Johns;Beverly Woolf

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts;Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Venue:
  • AAAI'06 Proceedings of the 21st national conference on Artificial intelligence - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Unmotivated students do not reap the full rewards of using a computer-based intelligent tutoring system. Detection of improper behavior is thus an important component of an online student model. To meet this challenge, we present a dynamic mixture model based on Item Response Theory. This model, which simultaneously estimates a student's proficiency and changing motivation level, was tested with data of high school students using a geometry tutoring system. By accounting for student motivation, the dynamic mixture model can more accurately estimate proficiency and the probability of a correct response. The model's generality is an added benefit, making it applicable to many intelligent tutoring systems as well as other domains.