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Motivational and Metacognitive Feedback: Linking the Past to the Present

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Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2011)

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This paper explores the incorporation of metacognitive and motivational feedback into an existing Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS). Both types of feedback are formulated by using the learners’ prior experiences and motivational states to improve their ability to successfully engage in problem-solving tasks.

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Hull, A., du Boulay, B. (2011). Motivational and Metacognitive Feedback: Linking the Past to the Present. In: Biswas, G., Bull, S., Kay, J., Mitrovic, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6738. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_114

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