Exploring the Implications of Tutor Negativity Towards a Synthetic Agent in a Learning-by-Teaching Environment

• Main Author: Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Subjects: Computer Sciences; Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=discs-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We examine the implications of negativity in free-form dialogue between student tutors and a synthetic agent in APLUS, a learning-by-teaching online learning environment for Algebra. We attempt to determine whether the negativity of a student tutor's discourse with the agent indicates that the...