A Procedure to Create a Pedagogic Conversational Agent in Secondary Physics and Chemistry Education

Autor/inn/en	Pérez-Marín, Diana; Boza, Antonio
Titel	A Procedure to Create a Pedagogic Conversational Agent in Secondary Physics and Chemistry Education
Quelle	In: International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 9 (2013) 4, S.94-112, Artikel 7 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-1876
DOI	10.4018/ijicte.2013100107
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Secondary School Science; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Blended Learning; Natural Language Processing; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Assisted Testing; Physics; Chemistry; Instructional Innovation; Scripts; Pretests Posttests; Computer Interfaces; Artificial Intelligence; Science Education; Case Studies; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Natürliche Sprache; Computernutzung; Physik; Chemie; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Skript; Künstliche Intelligenz; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Spanien
Abstract	Pedagogic Conversational Agents are computer applications that can interact with students in natural language. They have been used with satisfactory results on the instruction of several domains. The authors believe that they could also be useful for the instruction of Secondary Physics and Chemistry Education. Therefore, in this paper, the authors present a procedure to create an agent for that domain. First, teachers have to introduce the exercises with their correct answers. Secondly, students will be presented the exercises, and if the students know the answer, and if it is correct, more difficult exercises will be presented. Otherwise, step-by-step natural language support will be provided to guide the student towards the solution. It is the authors' hypothesis that this innovative teaching method will be satisfactory and useful for teachers and students, and that by following the procedure more computer programmers can be encouraged to develop agents for other domains to be used by teachers and students at class. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01