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Direct linkDascalu, Mihai; Trausan-Matu, Stefan; McNamara, Danielle S.; Dessus, Philippe – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2015
As Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) gains a broader usage, the need for automated tools capable of supporting tutors in the time-consuming process of analyzing conversations becomes more pressing. Moreover, collaboration, which presumes the intertwining of ideas or points of view among participants, is a central element of dialogue…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Download full textJackson, G. Tanner; Boonthum-Denecke, Chutima; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are situated in a potential struggle between effective pedagogy and system enjoyment and engagement. iSTART, a reading strategy tutoring system in which students practice generating self-explanations and using reading strategies, employs two devices to engage the user. The first is natural language processing…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Feedback (Response), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reading Strategies
Huggins-Manley, A. Corinne; Beal, Carole R.; D'Mello, Sidney K.; Leite, Walter L.; Cetin-Berber, Dyugu Dee; Kim, Dongho; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Virtual learning environments (VLE) are increasingly used at-scale in educational contexts to facilitate teaching and promote learning, and the data they produce can be used for educational research purposes. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology has repeatedly emphasized the importance of using evidence to…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Construct Validity, Data, Educational Research
Huggins-Manley, A. Corinne; Beal, Carole R.; D'Mello, Sidney K.; Leite, Walter L.; Cetin-Berber, Dyugu Dee; Kim, Dongho; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Virtual learning environments (VLEs) are increasingly used at-scale in educational contexts to facilitate teaching and promote learning, and the data they produce can be used for educational research purposes. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology has repeatedly emphasized the importance of using evidence…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Construct Validity, Data, Educational Research
Jacovina, Matthew E.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
In this chapter, we describe several intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) designed to support student literacy through reading comprehension and writing instruction and practice. Although adaptive instruction can be a powerful tool in the literacy domain, developing these technologies poses significant challenges. For example, evaluating the…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Literacy Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Crossley, Scott A.; Louwerse, Max M.; McCarthy, Philip M.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
The opinions of second language learning (L2) theorists and researchers are divided over whether to use authentic or simplified reading texts as the means of input for beginning- and intermediate-level L2 learners. Advocates of both approaches cite the use of linguistic features, syntax, and discourse structures as important elements in support of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Syntax, English (Second Language), Language Research
