Can computer personalities be human personalities?
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
The media equation: how people treat computers, television, and new media like real people and places
Analyzing a new learning strategy according to different knowledge levels
Computers & Education
Interface agents: metaphors with character
Software agents
Are computers scapegoats?: attributions of responsibility in human-computer interaction
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Deictic and emotive communication in animated pedagogical agents
Embodied conversational agents
Truth is beauty: researching embodied conversational agents
Embodied conversational agents
People Power: A Human-Computer Collaborative Learning System
ITS '92 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Redefining the learning companion: the past, present, and future of educational agents
Computers & Education
Experience as a moderator of the media equation: the impact of flattery and praise
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Constructing computer-based tutors that are socially sensitive: Politeness in educational software
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Design of animated pedagogical agents-A look at their look
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Designing agents to support learning by explaining
Computers & Education
The politeness effect: Pedagogical agents and learning outcomes
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Personalization in an interactive learning environment through a virtual character
Computers & Education
Ethnic Identity and Engagement in Embodied Conversational Agents
IVA '07 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Children's Interactions with Animated Agents in an Intelligent Tutoring System
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Simulating Instructional Roles through Pedagogical Agents
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Desirable Characteristics of Learning Companions
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Designing Learning by Teaching Agents: The Betty's Brain System
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Interacting through avatars: Virtual worlds as a context for online education
Computers & Education
Effects of a digital intervention on the development of algebraic expertise
Computers & Education
Animated agents and learning: Does the type of verbal feedback they provide matter?
Computers & Education
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning
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This study examined the impact of learners' attributes (gender and ethnicity) on their choice of a pedagogical agent and the impact of the attributes and choice on their perceptions of agent affability, task-specific attitudes, task-specific self-efficacy, and learning gains. Participants were 210 high-school male and female, Caucasian and Hispanic students who worked at computer-based algebra integrated with pedagogical agents. The results indicated, first, that students preferentially chose a same-gender agent and a same-ethnicity agent. Second, males who chose an agent showed more positive attitudes toward working at the learning environment than did males who were assigned to an agent whereas females who were assigned to an agent showed more positive attitudes than did females who chose an agent. Third, Hispanic students showed more positive attitudes toward working at the learning environment than Caucasians. Fourth, females perceived the agent as significantly more affable than did males; Hispanics perceived the agent as significantly more affable than did Caucasians. Last, learner attributes and choice did not affect learning gains in the agent-based environment; rather, the participants overall significantly increased their performances after the intervention.