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A Teachable-Agent Arithmetic Game’s effects on Mathematics Understanding, Attitude and Self-Efficacy

Pareto, Lena ; Arvemo, Tobias ; Dahl, Ylva ; Haake, Magnus LU and Gulz, Agneta LU (2011) The 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education p.247-255
Abstract
A teachable-agent arithmetic game is presented and evaluated in terms of student performance, attitude and self-efficacy. An experimental pre-post study design was used, enrolling 153 3rd and 5th grade students in Sweden. The playing group showed significantly larger gains in math performance and self-efficacy beliefs, but not in general attitude towards math, than the control groups. The contributions in relation to previous work include a new educational game being evaluated, and an emphasis on self-efficacy in the study as a strong predictor of math achievements.
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teachable agents, mathematics achievement, attitude, self-efficacy
host publication
AIED 2011, LNAI 6738
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Bull, Susan and Biswas, Gautam
pages
8 pages
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Springer
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The 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
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Auckland, New Zealand
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2011-06-27 - 2011-07-02
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  • scopus:79959305294
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English
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  abstract     = {{A teachable-agent arithmetic game is presented and evaluated in terms of student performance, attitude and self-efficacy. An experimental pre-post study design was used, enrolling 153 3rd and 5th grade students in Sweden. The playing group showed significantly larger gains in math performance and self-efficacy beliefs, but not in general attitude towards math, than the control groups. The contributions in relation to previous work include a new educational game being evaluated, and an emphasis on self-efficacy in the study as a strong predictor of math achievements.}},
  author       = {{Pareto, Lena and Arvemo, Tobias and Dahl, Ylva and Haake, Magnus and Gulz, Agneta}},
  booktitle    = {{AIED 2011, LNAI 6738}},
  editor       = {{Bull, Susan and Biswas, Gautam}},
  keywords     = {{teachable agents; mathematics achievement; attitude; self-efficacy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{247--255}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{A Teachable-Agent Arithmetic Game’s effects on Mathematics Understanding, Attitude and Self-Efficacy}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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