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View article: Towards Actionable Pedagogical Feedback: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of Mathematics Teaching and Tutoring Dialogue
Towards Actionable Pedagogical Feedback: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of Mathematics Teaching and Tutoring Dialogue Open
Effective feedback is essential for refining instructional practices in mathematics education, and researchers often turn to advanced natural language processing (NLP) models to analyze classroom dialogues from multiple perspectives. Howev…
View article: Enhancing Talk Moves Analysis in Mathematics Tutoring through Classroom Teaching Discourse
Enhancing Talk Moves Analysis in Mathematics Tutoring through Classroom Teaching Discourse Open
Human tutoring interventions play a crucial role in supporting student learning, improving academic performance, and promoting personal growth. This paper focuses on analyzing mathematics tutoring discourse using talk moves - a framework o…
View article: Using AI Tools to Provide Teachers with Fully Automated, Personalized Feedback on Their Classroom Discourse Patterns
Using AI Tools to Provide Teachers with Fully Automated, Personalized Feedback on Their Classroom Discourse Patterns Open
By incorporating discussion practices aligned with accountable talk, teachers can establish discourse-rich classrooms that center student voices within a rigorous learning environment. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as the TalkMov…
View article: The Science Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET) System
The Science Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET) System Open
This study examined the ways in which an equity analytics tool — the SEET system — supported middle school science teachers’ reflections on the experiences of diverse students in their classrooms. The tool provides teachers with “equity vi…
View article: The Science Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET) System
The Science Student Electronic Exit Ticket (SEET) System Open
This study examined the ways in which an equity analytics tool — the SEET system — supported middle school science teachers’ reflections on the experiences of diverse students in their classrooms. The tool provides teachers with “equity vi…
View article: From learning optimization to learner flourishing: Reimagining AI in Education at the Institute for Student‐AI Teaming (iSAT)
From learning optimization to learner flourishing: Reimagining AI in Education at the Institute for Student‐AI Teaming (iSAT) Open
The Institute for Student‐AI Teaming (iSAT) addresses the foundational question: how to promote deep conceptual learning via rich socio‐collaborative learning experiences for all students ?—a question that is ripe for AI‐based facilitation…
View article: Integrating Professional Mentorship with a 3D-Printing Curriculum to Help Rural Youth Forge STEM Career Connections
Integrating Professional Mentorship with a 3D-Printing Curriculum to Help Rural Youth Forge STEM Career Connections Open
Economically disadvantaged youth residing in mountain tourist communities represent an important and understudied rural population. These communities typically include a large percentage of children that are English language learners. Our …
View article: Supporting Teachers to Implement Engineering Design Challenges using Sensor Technologies in a Remote Classroom Environment
Supporting Teachers to Implement Engineering Design Challenges using Sensor Technologies in a Remote Classroom Environment Open
Engineering design challenges illustrate how computational tools are integral to scientific inquiry. Yet, how to develop challenges that are meaningful and relevant for middle school students in ways that promote design, engineering, and c…
View article: Designing Visual Learning Analytics for Supporting Equity in STEM Classrooms
Designing Visual Learning Analytics for Supporting Equity in STEM Classrooms Open
Supporting equitable instruction is an important issue for teachers attending diverse STEM classrooms. Visual learning analytics along with effective student survey measures can support providing on time feedback to teachers in making inst…
View article: Co-designing a rural research practice partnership to design and support STEM pathways for rural youth
Co-designing a rural research practice partnership to design and support STEM pathways for rural youth Open
Rural students, schools, and communities have unique challenges that hinder academic achievement, growth, and opportunities, compared to other locales. While there is a need to study this community more, there is also a pressing need to br…
View article: The TalkMoves Dataset: K-12 Mathematics Lesson Transcripts Annotated for Teacher and Student Discursive Moves
The TalkMoves Dataset: K-12 Mathematics Lesson Transcripts Annotated for Teacher and Student Discursive Moves Open
Transcripts of teaching episodes can be effective tools to understand discourse patterns in classroom instruction. According to most educational experts, sustained classroom discourse is a critical component of equitable, engaging, and ric…
View article: The TalkMoves Dataset: K-12 Mathematics Lesson Transcripts Annotated for\n Teacher and Student Discursive Moves
The TalkMoves Dataset: K-12 Mathematics Lesson Transcripts Annotated for\n Teacher and Student Discursive Moves Open
Transcripts of teaching episodes can be effective tools to understand\ndiscourse patterns in classroom instruction. According to most educational\nexperts, sustained classroom discourse is a critical component of equitable,\nengaging, and …
View article: Fine-tuning Transformers with Additional Context to Classify Discursive Moves in Mathematics Classrooms
Fine-tuning Transformers with Additional Context to Classify Discursive Moves in Mathematics Classrooms Open
"Talk moves" are specific discursive strategies used by teachers and students to facilitate conversations in which students share their thinking, and actively consider the ideas of others, and engage in rich discussions. Experts in instruc…
View article: 3DnST: A Framework Towards Understanding Children’s Interaction with Tinkercad and Enhancing Spatial Thinking Skills
3DnST: A Framework Towards Understanding Children’s Interaction with Tinkercad and Enhancing Spatial Thinking Skills Open
With the proliferation of 3D printing technologies in schools and makerspaces, there is a need for teaching 3D modeling to students. Learning 3D modeling enhances spatial thinking skills, an essential skill for success in STEM. Creating 3D…
View article: Challenges and Unexpected Affordances of Physical Computing Going Remote
Challenges and Unexpected Affordances of Physical Computing Going Remote Open
Engaging in physical computing activities involving both hardware and software provides a hands-on introduction to computer science. The move to remote learning for primary and secondary schools during the 2020-2021 school year due to COVI…
View article: 3DARVisualizer: Debugging 3D Models using Augmented Reality
3DARVisualizer: Debugging 3D Models using Augmented Reality Open
Often neglected in traditional education, spatial thinking has played a critical role in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Spatial thinking skills can be enhanced by training, life experience, and practice…
View article: 3ARVisualizer: Debugging 3D Models using Augmented Reality.
3ARVisualizer: Debugging 3D Models using Augmented Reality. Open
Often neglected in traditional education, spatial thinking has played a critical role in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Spatial thinking skills can be enhanced by training, life experience, and practice…
View article: Using Transformers to Provide Teachers with Personalized Feedback on their Classroom Discourse: The TalkMoves Application
Using Transformers to Provide Teachers with Personalized Feedback on their Classroom Discourse: The TalkMoves Application Open
TalkMoves is an innovative application designed to support K-12 mathematics teachers to reflect on, and continuously improve their instructional practices. This application combines state-of-the-art natural language processing capabilities…
View article: Automating Analysis and Feedback to Improve Mathematics Teachers’ Classroom Discourse
Automating Analysis and Feedback to Improve Mathematics Teachers’ Classroom Discourse Open
Our work builds on advances in deep learning for natural language processing to automatically analyze transcribed classroom discourse and reliably generate information about teachers’ uses of specific discursive strategies called ”talk mov…
View article: Designing an Informal Learning Curriculum to Develop 3D Modeling Knowledge and Improve Spatial Thinking Skills
Designing an Informal Learning Curriculum to Develop 3D Modeling Knowledge and Improve Spatial Thinking Skills Open
We report on the design and implementation of a 3-week long summer academy introducing high school students to 3D modeling and 3D printing experiences. Supporting youth in developing 3D modeling knowledge can enhance their capacity to effe…
View article: Designing a Middle School Science Curriculum that Integrates Computational Thinking and Sensor Technology
Designing a Middle School Science Curriculum that Integrates Computational Thinking and Sensor Technology Open
This experience report describes two iterations of a curriculum development process in which middle school teachers worked with our research team to collaboratively design and enact instructional units where students used sensors to invest…
View article: Using Learning Analytics to Understand Scientific Modeling in the Classroom
Using Learning Analytics to Understand Scientific Modeling in the Classroom Open
Scientific models represent ideas, processes, and phenomena by describing important components, characteristics, and interactions. Models are constructed across various scientific disciplines, such as the food web in biology, the water cyc…
View article: Scientific modeling
Scientific modeling Open
Modeling has a strong focus in current science learning frameworks as a critical skill for students to learn. However, understanding students' scientific models and their modeling practices at scale is a difficult task that has not been ta…
View article: Fast and Easy Short Answer Grading with High Accuracy
Fast and Easy Short Answer Grading with High Accuracy Open
Md Arafat Sultan, Cristobal Salazar, Tamara Sumner. Proceedings of the 2016 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies. 2016.
View article: Bayesian Supervised Domain Adaptation for Short Text Similarity
Bayesian Supervised Domain Adaptation for Short Text Similarity Open
Md Arafat Sultan, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Tamara Sumner. Proceedings of the 2016 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies. 2016.
View article: DLS$@$CU at SemEval-2016 Task 1: Supervised Models of Sentence Similarity
DLS$@$CU at SemEval-2016 Task 1: Supervised Models of Sentence Similarity Open
We describe a set of systems submitted to the SemEval-2016 English Semantic Textual Similarity (STS) task.Given two English sentences, the task is to compute the degree of their semantic similarity.Each of our systems uses the SemEval 2012…