Affective Gendered Learning Companions

Authors:
Ivon Arroyo;Beverly Park Woolf;James M. Royer;Minghui Tai
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science;Department of Computer Science;Department of Psychology;School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2009 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modelling
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We researched the impact of gendered pedagogical agents on student attitudes for math, motivation and achievement in math, within the context of an adaptive tutoring software for high school mathematics. Learning companions emphasize perseverance by valuing effort in challenging tasks. They are also empathetic, as they reflect students' emotional states. The results suggest that, across two studies, it was the male learning companion that produced the most positive impact on female students' state-based emotions, attitudes and learning. It is possible that girls transfer their stereotypes to the computer software.