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Social Motivations and Goal Orientations with a Teachable Agent: Implications for Improving Test Performance

Sjödén, Björn LU (2011) 19th International Conference on Computers in Education p.792-794
Abstract
A recent study of ours suggested that the very presence of a Teachable Agent (TA) from a mathematics learning game might affect students’ test performance when the TA reappeared in the margin of a regular, digital math test. We hypothesized that this effect, which seemed to particularly target low-achievers, was due to the students’ mindset changing from that of “taking a test” to that of “teaching a TA”, besides offering low-performers with a unique opportunity to act as teachers. Here, we propose a framework for exploring these effects further, particularly with respect to the personal relationship students form with their TA and in relation to socially valued goal orientations. We outline three planned studies of TA-related... (More)
A recent study of ours suggested that the very presence of a Teachable Agent (TA) from a mathematics learning game might affect students’ test performance when the TA reappeared in the margin of a regular, digital math test. We hypothesized that this effect, which seemed to particularly target low-achievers, was due to the students’ mindset changing from that of “taking a test” to that of “teaching a TA”, besides offering low-performers with a unique opportunity to act as teachers. Here, we propose a framework for exploring these effects further, particularly with respect to the personal relationship students form with their TA and in relation to socially valued goal orientations. We outline three planned studies of TA-related social-motivational factors. The results would be useful for designing computerized tests that ease motivational constraints associated with traditional test situations at school, and construe more socially supportive test environments. (Less)
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Social motivation, Teachable Agents, Testing, Goal orientations
host publication
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education
editor
Yu, Fu-Yun ; Hirashima, Tsukasa ; Supnithi, Thepchai and Biswas, Gautam
pages
3 pages
publisher
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand
conference name
19th International Conference on Computers in Education
conference location
Chiang Mai, Thailand
conference dates
2011-11-28 - 2011-12-02
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  • scopus:84860469353
ISBN
978-616-12-0188-3
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{A recent study of ours suggested that the very presence of a Teachable Agent (TA) from a mathematics learning game might affect students’ test performance when the TA reappeared in the margin of a regular, digital math test. We hypothesized that this effect, which seemed to particularly target low-achievers, was due to the students’ mindset changing from that of “taking a test” to that of “teaching a TA”, besides offering low-performers with a unique opportunity to act as teachers. Here, we propose a framework for exploring these effects further, particularly with respect to the personal relationship students form with their TA and in relation to socially valued goal orientations. We outline three planned studies of TA-related social-motivational factors. The results would be useful for designing computerized tests that ease motivational constraints associated with traditional test situations at school, and construe more socially supportive test environments.}},
  author       = {{Sjödén, Björn}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education}},
  editor       = {{Yu, Fu-Yun and Hirashima, Tsukasa and Supnithi, Thepchai and Biswas, Gautam}},
  isbn         = {{978-616-12-0188-3}},
  keywords     = {{Social motivation; Teachable Agents; Testing; Goal orientations}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{792--794}},
  publisher    = {{National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand}},
  title        = {{Social Motivations and Goal Orientations with a Teachable Agent: Implications for Improving Test Performance}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5563260/2337182.pdf}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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