The effects of a pedagogical agent for informal science education on learner behaviors and self-efficacy

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7926 LNAI, Issue , 2013, Pages 309-318

  Lane, H Chad ^a   Cahill, Clara ^b   Foutz, Susan ^c   Auerbach, Daniel ^a   Noren, Dan ^c   Lussenhop, Catherine ^b   Swartout, William ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^c Independent Contractor   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Enthusiasm; Informal science education; Intelligent tutoring systems; Pedagogical agents; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; ENTHUSIASM; INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84879999616     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5_32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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