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We present a student’s modeling process in algebra. This work is situated in the framework of the deployment of the Aplusix system, a learning environment for algebra. The process has two phases. The first phase is a local diagnosis where a student’s transformation of an expression A into an expression B is diagnosed with a sequence of rewriting rules. A library of correct and incorrect rules has been built for that purpose. The second phase uses conceptions for modeling students more globally. Conceptions are attributed to students according to a mechanism using the local diagnoses as input. This modeling process has been applied to data (log files) gathered in France and Brazil with 13-16 years old students who used the Aplusix learning environment. The results are described and discussed.
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Nicaud, JF., Chaachoua, H., Bittar, M. (2006). Automatic Calculation of Students’ Conceptions in Elementary Algebra from Aplusix Log Files. In: Ikeda, M., Ashley, K.D., Chan, TW. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4053. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11774303_43
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