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Automated expert modeling for automated student evaluation	p. 1
Multicriteria automatic essay assessor generation by using TOPSIS model and genetic algorithm	p. 11
Better student assessing by finding difficulty factors in a fully automated comprehension measure	p. 21
Predicting state test scores better with intelligent tutoring systems : developing metrics to measure assistance required	p. 31
Authoring constraint-based tutors in ASPIRE	p. 41
A teaching strategies engine using translation from SWRL to Jess	p. 51
The cognitive tutor authoring tools (CTAT) : preliminary evaluation of efficiency gains	p. 61
A Bayesian network approach for modeling the influence of contextual variables on scientific problem solving	p. 71
A decision-theoretic approach to scientific inquiry exploratory learning environment	p. 85
Conceptual change modeling using dynamic Bayesian network	p. 95
A Bayes net toolkit for student modeling in intelligent tutoring systems	p. 104
A comparison of decision-theoretic, fixed-policy and random tutorial action selection	p. 114
Evaluation of a system that generates word problems through interactions with a user	p. 124
Time in the adaptive tutoring process model	p. 134
Coaching within a domain independent inquiry environment	p. 144
How "consciousness" allows a cognitive tutoring agent make good diagnosis during astronauts' training	p. 154
Learning factors analysis - a general method for cognitive model evaluation and improvement	p. 164
A constraint-based collaborative environment for learning UML class diagrams	p. 176
A collaborative learning design environment to integrate practice and learning based on collaborative space ontology and patterns	p. 187
The big five and visualisations of team work activity	p. 197
Cognitive tutors as research platforms : extending an established tutoring system for collaborative and metacognitive experimentation	p. 207
Forming heterogeneous groups for intelligent collaborative learning systems with ant colony optimization	p. 217
Toward legal argument instruction with graph grammars and collaborative filtering techniques	p. 227
SPRITS : secure pedagogical resources in intelligent tutoring systems	p. 237
The pyramid collaborative filtering method : toward an efficient e-course	p. 248
From black-box learning objects to glass-box learning objects	p. 258
Adaptation in educational hypermedia based on the classification of the user profile	p. 268
Combining ITS and eLearning technologies : opportunities and challenges	p. 278
From learner information packages to student models : which continuum?	p. 288
Towards a pattern language for intelligent teaching and training systems	p. 298
Semantic Web technologies applied to interoperability on an educational portal	p. 308
Studying the effects of personalized language and worked examples in the context of a Web-based intelligent tutor	p. 318
A plan recognition process, based on a task model, for detecting learner's erroneous actions	p. 329
Handling errors in mathematical formulas	p. 339
Supporting tutorial feedback to student help requests and errors in symbolic differentiation	p. 349
The help tutor : does metacognitive feedback improve students' help-seeking actions, skills and learning?	p. 360
The role of feedback in preparation for future learning : a case study in learning by teaching environments	p. 370
Detection and analysis of off-task gaming behavior in intelligent tutoring systems	p. 382
Adapting to when students game an intelligent tutoring system	p. 392
Generalizing detection of gaming the system across a tutoring curriculum	p. 402
Using multiple intelligence informed resources in an adaptive system	p. 412
20000 inspections of a domain-independent open learner model with individual and comparison views	p. 422
Automatic calculation of students' conceptions in elementary algebra from Aplusix log files	p. 433
The potential for chatbots in negotiated learner modelling : a Wizard-of-Oz study	p. 443
Improving intelligent tutoring systems : using expectation maximization to learn student skill levels	p. 453
Automatic recognition of learner groups in exploratory learning environments	p. 463
Estimating student proficiency using an item response theory model	p. 473
Student preferences for editing, persuading, and negotiating the open learner model	p. 481
Student modeling with atomic Bayesian networks	p. 491
A ubiquitous agent for unrestricted vocabulary learning in noisy digital environments	p. 503
Learning styles diagnosis based on user interface behaviors for the customization of learning interfaces in an intelligent tutoring system	p. 513
Comparison of machine learning methods for intelligent tutoring systems	p. 525
Raising confidence levels using motivational contingency design techniques	p. 535
Motivating the learner : an empirical evaluation	p. 545
Approximate modelling of the multi-dimensional learner	p. 555
Diagnosing self-efficacy in intelligent tutoring systems : an empirical study	p. 565
Using instant messaging to provide an intelligent learning environment	p. 575
ArikIturri : an automatic question generator based on corpora and NLP techniques	p. 584
Observing lemmatization effect in LSA coherence and comprehension grading of learner summaries	p. 595
Adaptable scaffolding - a fuzzy approach	p. 604
P.A.C.T. - scaffolding best practice in home tutoring	p. 615
Scaffolding problem solving with annotated, worked-out examples to promote deep learning	p. 625
Scaffolding vs. hints in the assistment system	p. 635
An approach to intelligent training on a robotic simulator using an innovative path-planner	p. 645
Robust simulator : a method of simulating learners' erroneous equations for making error-based simulation	p. 655
Evaluating the effectiveness of tutorial dialogue instruction in an exploratory learning context	p. 666
Narrative-centered tutorial planning for inquiry-based learning environments	p. 675
Using simulated students for the assessment of authentic document retrieval	p. 685
Designing a tutoring agent for facilitating collaborative learning with instant messaging	p. 689
An approach of learning by demonstrating and tutoring a virtual character	p. 692
e-Learning system to provide optimum questions based on item response theory	p. 695
BEEweb : a multi-domain platform for reciprocal peer-driven tutoring systems	p. 698
A multimedia tool for English learning using text retrieval techniques on DVD subtitles	p. 701
A profiling system and mobile middleware framework for U-learning	p. 704
Responding to free-form student questions in ERM-tutor	p. 707
Behaviors analysis with a game-like learning system for pre-school children	p. 710
Studying human tutors to facilitate self-explanation	p. 713
An ontology-based solution for knowledge management and eLearning integration	p. 716
Computer-mediated collaborative visual learning system to generate evidence-based nursing care plans	p. 719
Prevention of off-task gaming behavior in intelligent tutoring systems	p. 722
Learning linear equation solving algorithm and its steps in intelligent learning environment	p. 725
The design of a tutoring system with learner-initiating instruction strategy for digital logic problems	p. 728
Reflective tutoring for immersive simulation	p. 732
Knowledge engineering for intelligent tutoring systems : assessing semi-automatic skill encoding methods	p. 735
Towards teaching metacognition : supporting spontaneous self-assessment	p. 738
Automated vocabulary instruction in a reading tutor	p. 741
Visualizing errors and its evaluation	p. 744
Applying an assessment agent to evaluate the learning effectiveness	p. 747
TELAT : an educational authoring tool	p. 750
A modular architecture for intelligent Web resource based tutoring systems	p. 753
The design of an intelligent software architecture based on a generic eLearning environment	p. 756
The remote control approach - an architecture for tutoring in pre-existing collaborative applications	p. 760
Scrutable learner modelling and learner reflection in student self-assessment	p. 763
Using learning objects features to promote reusability of pedagogical agents	p. 766
Error diagnosis in problem solving environment using action-object-input scheme	p. 769
Learning how students learn with Bayes nets	p. 772
AlgoLC : a learning companion system for teaching and learning algorithms	p. 775
An intelligent tutoring system based on a multi-modal environment for the 300-certification program of English conversation	p. 778
Adaptive peer review based on student profiles	p. 781
Correction marks and comments on Web pages	p. 784
VIBRANT : a brainstorming agent for computer supported creative problem solving	p. 787
Iterative and participative building of the learning unit according to the IMS-consortium specifications	p. 790
Ontology mapping for learning objects repositories interoperability	p. 794
Using agents to create learning opportunities in a collaborative learning environment	p. 798
Context-aware annotation patterns for teachers	p. 801
On the definition and management of cultural groups of e-Learners	p. 804
Applying the agent metaphor to learning content management systems and learning object repositories	p. 808
Building an affective learning companion	p. 811
Integrating learning processes across boundaries of media, time and group scale	p. 812
Improving adaptivity in learning through cognitive modeling	p. 813
Embodiment, embeddedness, and experience : foundations of game play for identity construction	p. 814
Learner support : convergence of technology and divergence of thinking	p. 815
Affect in one-to-one tutoring	p. 817
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