TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the Assistance Dilemma
T2 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science, CogSci 2011
AU - Walkington, Candace Ann
AU - Maull, Keith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© CogSci 2011.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Context personalization, the practice of matching features of an instructional component to a learner‟s interests and experiences, has been framed in the literature as a means by which to improve learning by enhancing motivation. However, a related perspective could consider personalization a form of instructional assistance, with the potential to support the learning of new concepts. In this paper, the assistance dilemma, known to be “a fundamental unsolved problem in cognitive science” (Koedinger, Pavlik, McLaren, & Aleven, 2008, p. 2159), is investigated for context personalization. Two research studies explore whether personalization can be considered a form of assistance, and how this intervention mediates performance measures.
AB - Context personalization, the practice of matching features of an instructional component to a learner‟s interests and experiences, has been framed in the literature as a means by which to improve learning by enhancing motivation. However, a related perspective could consider personalization a form of instructional assistance, with the potential to support the learning of new concepts. In this paper, the assistance dilemma, known to be “a fundamental unsolved problem in cognitive science” (Koedinger, Pavlik, McLaren, & Aleven, 2008, p. 2159), is investigated for context personalization. Two research studies explore whether personalization can be considered a form of assistance, and how this intervention mediates performance measures.
KW - algebra
KW - assistance dilemma
KW - cognitive tutor
KW - personalization
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84878677059
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878677059
T3 - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
SP - 90
EP - 95
BT - Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
A2 - Carlson, Laura
A2 - Hoelscher, Christoph
A2 - Shipley, Thomas F.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
Y2 - 20 July 2011 through 23 July 2011
ER -