The need for individualised support is important as sizes of classes increase. We present a study of a learner-adaptive system – a system that adapts to improve the learning experience of the user – for spelling in primary school. Together with teachers we have designed and evaluated a specific technique evolution of educational content…
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
PROBLEM SPECIFICATION
A scenario
2. THEORY
LEARNER-CENTRED DESIGN
USABILITY
LEARNER-ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE
EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
3. METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH APPROACH
METHOD FOR VALIDATION AND INTERPRETATION
EMPIRICAL STUDY
RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT: THE CLASSROOM
DATA COLLECTION
Statistics
Interviews
EVALUATION
Evaluation heuristics
A set of learning with software heuristics
4. THE MAGIC SPEL
THE SPELLING TASK
THE SPELLING ENGINE: MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING SPELLING WORDS
The spelling space
Word selection
THE INTERFACE
5. RESULTS
PROFILING DATA
Navigational fidelity
Match between designer and learner models
Appropriate levels of learner control
Prevention of peripheral cognitive errors
Personally significant approaches to learning
Recognition and diagnosis, recovery from errors….
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