Feedback Control and Learning To Program with the CMU Lisp Tutor

Albert T. Corbett; John R. Anderson

This study manipulated the timing and control of error feedback in problem solving and examined their effects on skill acquisition by 40 undergraduate students learning to program in the computer language Lisp under four error feedback conditions....

Assessment of Robust Learning with Educational Data Mining

Ryan S. Baker; Albert T. Corbett

Research & Practice in Assessment Vol. 9 (2014) pp. 38–50

Many university leaders and faculty have the goal of promoting learning that connects across domains and prepares students with skills for their whole lives. However, as assessment emerges in higher education, many assessments focus on knowledge and ...

Towards Automatically Detecting Whether Student Learning Is Shallow

Sujith M. Gowda; Ryan S. Baker; Albert T. Corbett; Lisa M. Rossi

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 50–70

Recent research has extended student modeling to infer not just whether a student knows a skill or set of skills, but also whether the student has achieved robust learning--learning that enables the student to transfer their knowledge and prepares...

Generalizing Automated Detection of the Robustness of Student Learning in an Intelligent Tutor for Genetics

Ryan S. J. d. Baker; Albert T. Corbett; Sujith M. Gowda

Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 105, No. 4 (November 2013) pp. 946–956

Recently, there has been growing emphasis on supporting robust learning within intelligent tutoring systems, assessed by measures such as transfer to related skills, preparation for future learning, and longer term retention. It has been shown that...