A dynamic mixture model to detect student motivation and proficiency

Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-168

  Johns, Jeff ^a   Woolf, Beverly ^a  

^a Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MIXTURE MODEL; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS); ONLINE STUDENT MODEL; STUDENT MOTIVATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; STUDENTS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33750727689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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