TY - GEN
T1 - Can young people with autism spectrum disorder benefit from an open learner model?
AU - Grawemeyer, Beate
AU - Johnson, Hilary
AU - Brosnan, Mark
PY - 2015/6/17
Y1 - 2015/6/17
N2 - This paper describes the evaluation of Maths Island Tutor - an intelligent tutoring system for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The tutor includes an open learner model (OLM). In order to benefit from this feature, the learner needs to be able to process metacognitive attributes, which can be impaired in ASD. In order to address the needs of this specific population, young people with ASD were involved in the design of the software for their use, including the OLM. A preliminary study evaluating the system demonstrated that young people with ASD did initiate access to their OLM, could correctly reproduce details from their OLM, and could also highlight the location of (study-intended) errors within their OLMs giving rise to suggestions about their abilities to remember and potentially meta-cognitively reflect on their learning.
AB - This paper describes the evaluation of Maths Island Tutor - an intelligent tutoring system for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The tutor includes an open learner model (OLM). In order to benefit from this feature, the learner needs to be able to process metacognitive attributes, which can be impaired in ASD. In order to address the needs of this specific population, young people with ASD were involved in the design of the software for their use, including the OLM. A preliminary study evaluating the system demonstrated that young people with ASD did initiate access to their OLM, could correctly reproduce details from their OLM, and could also highlight the location of (study-intended) errors within their OLMs giving rise to suggestions about their abilities to remember and potentially meta-cognitively reflect on their learning.
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Computer aided instruction
KW - Education computing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949009415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-19773-9_69
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-19773-9_69
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84949009415
SN - 9783319197722
VL - 9112
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 591
EP - 594
BT - Artificial Intelligence in Education - 17th International Conference, AIED 2015, Proceedings
PB - Springer-Verlag London Ltd
T2 - 17th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2015
Y2 - 22 June 2015 through 26 June 2015
ER -