there is an author to follow - zongmin ma (editor too) On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Ritu Chaturvedi <rituch@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Thanks everyone - I will explore these options. > > Ritu > Ritu Chaturvedi > School of Computer Science, > University of Windsor, > Windsor, ON > Canada > Phone: 519-253-3000 ext.3771 > E-mail : rituch@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -----edm-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: ----- > To: edm-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Philip Pavlik > Sent by: edm-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: 01/22/2014 10:11AM > > Subject: [edm-discuss] Re: Introductory material related to adaptive > learning > > I'm partial to a chapter I was involved with "A Review of Learner Models > Used in Intelligent Tutoring Systems" (Chapter 5). We tried to frame it for > new researchers in the area while still going into a lot of history of the > development. > > Posted here: > http://www.researchgate.net/publication/258883086_A_Review_of_Learner_Models_Used_in_Intelligent_Tutoring_Systems > > > > Philip I. Pavlik Jr. > Institute for Intelligent Systems and Department of Psychology > University of Memphis > Memphis, TN 38152 > > ppavlik@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://optimallearning.org/ > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Nidhi Chopra <nidhi.chopra@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> adaptive educational hypermedia, papers by yahoo research. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Drue Gawel <Drue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Not sure if this resource would be of any help - but an interesting >>> project: >>> >>> http://www.role-project.eu/ >>> >>> Drue... >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Ritu Chaturvedi <rituch@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>> >>>> @Chris and Judy, >>>> >>>> My work is also very similar. Instead of questions, I am looking to use >>>> data mining techniques to select examples very similar to the task-at-hand >>>> and most appropriate to the student's mastery level of the domain concepts. >>>> I have created my own database of examples (in the domain of C programming) >>>> and task. But it will very useful if I can get some data about students. >>>> Any suggestions/ advice ? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Ritu >>>> Ritu Chaturvedi >>>> School of Computer Science, >>>> University of Windsor, >>>> Windsor, ON >>>> Canada >>>> Phone: 519-253-3000 ext.3771 >>>> E-mail : rituch@xxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>>> -----edm-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: ----- >>>> To: Judy Kay <judy.kay@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> From: Chris Leong >>>> Sent by: edm-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Date: 01/16/2014 08:12PM >>>> Cc: edm-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [edm-discuss] Re: Introductory material related to adaptive >>>> learning >>>> >>>> >>>> @Judy: Small world indeed. The specific task I am working on is as >>>> follows: >>>> >>>> I'm working on an adaptive learning system for high school maths. >>>> Students complete questions in quizzes and I need to be able to select >>>> questions of the appropriate difficulty level and create a competency >>>> metric for measuring the skill of a student at a particular subtopic. We >>>> don't have explicit information about the difficulty of the questions or >>>> the abilities of the students - so I have to infer both from the data. The >>>> questions are broken down into topics and sub-topics (each question is >>>> assigned a single topic and sub-topic) and we have a dependency graph >>>> indicating which sub-topics depend on other sub-topics, so we can take into >>>> account the student's performance on areas outside of the subtopic. >>>> >>>> I know that Khan Academy uses logistic regression, Knewton's algorithm >>>> involves Item Response Theory and Kalman Filters and ALEKS uses Knowledge >>>> Space Theory. I'm also looking into belief propagation based on a >>>> suggestion from Jono. >>>> >>>> @Michael, @Maxim: Thanks for your input. I'll check out those resources >>>> >>>> On 17 January 2014 11:19, Maxim Skryabin <maxim.skryabin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>> >>>>> "Adaptive learning system" is very broad and depends on what exactly >>>>> is adaptive. >>>>> >>>>> For example, you can use keywords and references from the following >>>>> wikipedia pages: >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recommender_system >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computerized_adaptive_testing >>>>> I beleve that RS and CAT are useful for adaptive learning system, but >>>>> there exist other models and approaches as well. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes, >>>>> Maxim. >>>>> >>>>> ------- >>>>> Maxim Skryabin >>>>> Associate Professor >>>>> Chair of Higher Mathematics >>>>> University ITMO >>>>> http://en.ifmo.ru/ >>>>> >>>>> 2014/1/16 Chris Leong <walkraft@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> > I am working on an adaptive learning system for education. Can anyone >>>>> > suggest some introductory reading for me to understand the basics of >>>>> this >>>>> > field? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Drue Gawel >>> 214-310-3978 >>> Drue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> --------------------------------- >>> Math and Science Tutor >>> Pre-Algebra through Calculus >>> "Creating Confidence through Achievement" >>> www.DrueGawel.com <http://www.druegawel.com/> >>> >>> >>> >> >