Extending a teachable agent with a social conversation module–effects on student experiences and learning

A Gulz, M Haake, A Silvervarg - … AIED 2011, Auckland, New Zealand, June …, 2011 - Springer
The paper discusses the addition of off-task socially oriented conver sational abilities to an
existing “teachable agent”(TA) in an educational game in mathematics. The purpose of this …

Transferring teaching to testing–an unexplored aspect of teachable agents

B Sjödén, B Tärning, L Pareto, A Gulz - … , New Zealand, June 28–July 2011 …, 2011 - Springer
The present study examined whether socio-motivational effects from working with a
Teachable Agent (TA) might transfer from the formative learning phase to a summative test …

Extending an educational math game with a pedagogical conversational agent: Facing design challenges

B Sjödén, A Silvervarg, M Haake, A Gulz - … to Adaptive Learning. A Look at …, 2011 - Springer
We describe our work-in-progress of developing an educational game in mathematics for 12-
14 year olds, by adding social and conversational abilities to an existing “teachable …

I Didn't Understand, I´m Really Not Very Smart”—How Design of a Digital Tutee's Self-Efficacy Affects Conversation and Student Behavior in a Digital Math Game

B Tärning, A Silvervarg - Education Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
How should a pedagogical agent in educational software be designed to support student
learning? This question is complex seeing as there are many types of pedagogical agents …

[PDF][PDF] Socially intelligent learner-agent interaction tactics

WL Johnson, S Kole, E Shaw, H Pain - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - academia.edu
The overall goal of this work is to provide pedagogical agents with social intelligence, so that
they can judge when is an appropriate time to interact with the learner, be sensitive to the …

A teachable agent game engaging primary school children to learn arithmetic concepts and reasoning

L Pareto - International Journal of artificial intelligence in …, 2014 - Springer
In this paper we will describe a learning environment designed to foster conceptual
understanding and reasoning in mathematics among younger school children. The learning …

Exploring the effectiveness of social capabilities and goal alignment in computer supported collaborative learning

H Ai, R Kumar, D Nguyen, A Nagasunder… - … Tutoring Systems: 10th …, 2010 - Springer
In this study, we describe a conversational agent designed to support collaborative learning
interactions between pairs of students. We describe a study in which we independently …

Instructing a teachable agent with low or high self-efficacy–does similarity attract?

B Tärning, A Silvervarg, A Gulz, M Haake - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
This study examines the effects of teachable agents' expressed self-efficacy on students. A
total of 166 students, 10-to 11-years-old, used a teachable agent-based math game focusing …

Animated pedagogical agents: How do they help students construct knowledge from interactive multimedia games?

R Moreno - 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Can animated pedagogical agents (APAs) help students construct knowledge from
interactive multimedia games? In the next sections, The author derives two potential roles …

QuizMASter-A multi-agent game-style learning activity

M Dutchuk, KA Muhammadi, F Lin - … 2009, Banff, Canada, August 9-11 …, 2009 - Springer
This paper describes a research project in progress of developing a Multi-Agent System-
based educational game QuizMASter for e-learning that would help students learn their …