The effect of contextualized conversational feedback in a complex open-ended learning environment

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-89

  Segedy, James R ^a   Kinnebrew, John S ^a   Biswas, Gautam ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversational agents; Metacognition; Mixed initiative dialogue; Open ended learning environment; Student learning behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872947082     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-012-9275-0     Document Type: Article

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