KnowledgeZoom for Java: A Concept-Based Exam Study Tool with a Zoomable Open Student Model

Author

Brusilovsky, Peter ; Baishya, Diganta ; Hosseini, Rana ; Guerra, J. ; Miner Liang

Author_Institution

Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

15-18 July 2013

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

279

Abstract

This paper presents our attempt to develop a personalized exam preparation tool for Java/OOP classes based on a fine-grained concept model of Java knowledge. Our goal was to explore two most popular student model-based approaches: open student modeling and problem sequencing. The result of our work is a Java exam preparation tool, Knowledge Zoom. The tool combines an open concept-level student model component, Knowledge Explorer and a concept-based sequencing component, Knowledge Maximizer into a single interface. This paper presents both components of Knowledge Zoom, reports results of its evaluation, and discusses lessons learned.

Keywords

Java; computer aided instruction; computer science education; object-oriented programming; Java class; Java exam preparation tool; KnowledgeZoom tool; OOP class; concept-based exam study tool; fine-grained concept model; knowledge explorer component; knowledge maximizer component; object-oriented programming; open student modeling approach; problem sequencing approach; student model-based approach; zoomable open student model; Adaptation models; Adaptive systems; Color; Educational institutions; Java; Object oriented modeling; Sequential analysis; Open Student Modeling; Problem Sequencing; Progressive Zoom;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2013.86

Filename

6601929