Publication
Helena Kilger, Man Su, Tomohiro Nagashima
ACM LDT2024 · 2024
@inproceedings{kilger2024guiding,
title = {Guiding Children’s Choice Making in an Intelligent Tutoring System},
author = {Helena Kilger and Man Su and Tomohiro Nagashima},
booktitle = {ACM LDT2024},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1145/3663433.3663436},
}
Learning involves a myriad of decisions, such as using specific strategies, tools, or materials. Technological advancements have not only made it possible to continuously assess learners’ choices but also to adapt to these choices and promote strategic decision making. In a classroom study with 24 third graders using an Intelligent Tutoring System, we investigated the impact of guidance strategies on their choice of visual representations for solving multiplication and division problems. Comparing no guidance, imposition, and recommendation of a sequential arrangement from concrete representations to abstract ones, preliminary results suggest that guidance influences choices in the initial guided practice and an unguided transfer task. This study sheds light on optimal guidance for school-aged students’ choice making during learning with intelligent learning technology, essential for preparing learners for future learning situations.