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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Pedagogical Agent"”.
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Towards Building a Pedagogical Agent that Supports Children’s Exploration and Home Literacy Education
… and self-promoted learning outside school, pedagogical agents are an under-studied platform. This thesis investigates the possibility of using a pedagogical AI agent to help children’s exploration at home. I first describe the design and development of an interactive storybook platform with …
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Learning with Laura: investigating the effects of a pedagogical agent on Spanish lexical acquisition
… was to investigate the effects of an animated pedagogical agent on Spanish vocabulary learning. Furthermore, the study examined learners’ reactions and attitudes towards the presence of the pedagogical agent in a web-based environment, as well as how learners used the conversational component …
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Schema Theory-based Computational Approach to Support Children's Conceptual Understanding
… of the children. There is a lack of interactive pedagogical agents that guide children's reasoning and adapt explanation to their cognitive state. The design of such agents can be based on learning theories that explain how children understand new concepts, as well as on studies of how human …
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Virtual Teaching Assistant to Support Students' Efforts in Programming
… towards programming. We have used an animated pedagogical agent as the virtual assistant as certain characteristics of the agent can help with the students' perception about the virtual teaching assistant. Often, students have a fixed mindset about programming. But it is easy to master …
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Strategy Instruction in Early Childhood Math Software: Detecting and Teaching Single-digit Addition Strategies
… the effects of one aspect of the software: the pedagogical agent, investigating whether multiple agents are more effective than a single agent when teaching about multiple strategies. The study finds that while children do not accurately report their own strategies, the software log is able to …
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A model for 3D virtual environment for learning based on the detection of collaboration through an autonomous virtual tutor = Modelo para Detectar la Colaboración en un Entorno Virtual 3D para la Mejora de la Enseñanza Basada en un Tutor Virtual Autónomo
… a model that, through an autonomous virtual pedagogical agent, can support interaction in the frame of Collaborative Virtual Environments for learning. With the advantage of the visual aspect available in Virtual Environments, specifically the user embodiment, his/her avatar, the model is …
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Improving and Evaluating Maria: A Virtual Teaching Assistant for Computer Science Education
Many colleges face a lack of academic and emotional support for their computer science students. Previous research into this problem produced Maria, a virtual teaching assistant (TA). This initial version of Maria was able to answer student questions, provide error explanations, and praise students …
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eXtended Reality for Education and Training
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment