Animal companion approach to fostering students' effort-making behaviors

Zhi Hong Chen*, Calvin C.Y. Liao, Tzu Chao Chien, Tak Wai Chan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effort-making behavior is significant for learning, since it involves beliefs students hold within. In this paper, an animal companion approach is proposed to foster students' such learning behaviors through nurturing virtual pets, in which learning tasks are regarded as "work" and the value of effort is cultivated. In addition, inspecting open learner models is also encouraged by interacting with animal companions, which might be helpful to students' self-awareness for their efforts made.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
PublisherIOS Press
Pages728-730
Number of pages3
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781607500285
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Number1
Volume200
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Keywords

  • Learning companion
  • Learning effort
  • Open learner model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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