Bruce McLaren

In this project, researchers will develop and test a tool that offers new ways for middle school teachers to use results from student work in intelligent tutors to facilitate instruction and learning. Data-driven analytics offer potential for providing insight into how students learn in technology-enhanced learning environments. However, less is known about optimizing the design of user interfaces to present analytics to teachers to improve instruction and enhance and personalize student lea...

The purpose of this project is to develop an intelligent tutoring system that helps middle school students learn mathematics. The specific focus is decimals, a subdomain of mathematical knowledge about which students often have common and persistent misconceptions. The system, called AdaptErrEx, will present students with worked examples of problems, in which each step of a problem solution path is presented for the students, along with feedback and instruction. Additionally, a unique fea...