Learning-by-teaching games position students as tutors of a teachable virtual agent for basic mathematics¶
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q1 i? Two papers in the special issue describe learning-by-teaching approaches in which students tutor a teachable virtual agent in basic mathematics within serious game environments. → Bruce M. McLaren 2014
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Bruce M. McLaren 2014¶
Bruce M. McLaren, Sergey Sosnovsky, & Vincent Aleven. (2014). Preface - Emerging Technologies and Landmark Systems for Learning Mathematics and Science: Dedicated to the Memory of Erica Melis - Part 1. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-014-0021-0
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The editors' descriptive overview (type e) of the first two special-issue papers, by Lenat and Durlach and by Pareto, noting that "students take the role of a tutor helping a teachable virtual agent" and that both systems are implemented as serious game environments. No empirical results are reported here.
"Both papers describe a learning-by-teaching approach for helping students study basic mathematics. In both papers, students take the role of a tutor helping a teachable virtual agent to acquire mathematics knowledge."
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Related Claims¶
- Young primary school students can act as successful tutors of a teachable agent — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Teachable agents in educational games can help achieve deeper levels of learning that transfer outside the game — a broader claim this one bears on
- The competitive Game Show increased students' tutoring engagement relative to baseline — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Learning-by-teaching games position students as tutors of a teachable virtual agent for basic mathematics |
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Learning-by-teaching games position students as tutors of a teachable virtual agent for basic mathematics |
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