Modeling engagement dynamics in spelling learning

  • Authors:
  • Gian-Marco Baschera;Alberto Giovanni Busetto;Severin Klingler;Joachim M. Buhmann;Markus Gross

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich and Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, Zürich, Switzerland;Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich and Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, Zürich, Switzerland;Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland;Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich and Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, Zürich, Switzerland;Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • AIED'11 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Artificial intelligence in education
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a model of engagement dynamics in spelling learning. The model relates input behavior to learning, and explains the dynamics of engagement states. By systematically incorporating domain knowledge in the preprocessing of the extracted input behavior, the predictive power of the features is significantly increased. The model structure is the dynamic Bayesian network inferred from student input data: an extensive dataset with more than 150 000 complete inputs recorded through a training software for spelling. By quantitatively relating input behavior and learning, our model enables a prediction of focused and receptive states, as well as of forgetting.