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A taxonomy of learner-focused evaluable goals extending outcome, efficiency, transfer, retention and short-term motivation measures

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The article proposes that evaluation of adaptive systems should extend beyond Mark and Greer's goals to "a new range of evaluative goals which go beyond the quality of learning outcomes, learning efficiency, transfer, retention, and short-term motivation." Table 1 lists learner-focused evaluable goals a-n, adding metacognitive understanding and regulatory skill, meta-affective awareness and regulation of feelings, pleasure in learning for its own sake, participation in learning activities, and cooperation between learners, each with suggested measures such as think-aloud problem-solving, self-reports, open learner models and long-delayed post-questionnaires.

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  • A taxonomy of learner-focused evaluable goals extending outcome, efficiency, transfer, retention and short-term motivation measures: The article proposes that evaluation of adaptive systems should extend beyond Mark and Greer's goals to "a new range of evaluative goals which go beyond the quality of learning outcomes, learning efficiency, transfer, retention, and short-term motivation." Table 1 lists learner-focused evaluable goals a-n, adding metacognitive understanding and regulatory skill, meta-affective awareness and regulation of feelings, pleasure in learning for its own sake, participation in learning activities, and cooperation between learners, each with suggested measures such as think-aloud problem-solving, self-reports, open learner models and long-delayed post-questionnaires. (du Boulay (2021))

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  • du Boulay, B. (2021). Jim Greer's and Mary Mark's Reviews of Evaluation Methods for Adaptive Systems: a Brief Comment about New Goals. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 31, 622–635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-020-00198-z
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title A taxonomy of learner-focused evaluable goals extending outcome, efficiency, transfer, retention and short-term motivation measures
description The article proposes that evaluation of adaptive systems should extend beyond Mark and Greer's goals to "a new range of evaluative goals which go beyond the quality of learning outcomes, learning efficiency, transfer, retention, and short-term motivation." Table 1 lists learner-focused evaluable goa
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