A study of Artificial Intelligence in behavioural education

The research field of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) embraces a wide diversity of research interests. Psychology, education and cognitive science are strongly represented; alongside computer science and artificial intelligence . The form of "intelligence" that people want their young to have can take several forms. This paper is concerned with how motivationally intelligent systems can stimulate, maintain and improve the student\´s desire and capability to learn. The special goal of Motivationally Intelligent Systems is to maintain or even increase the learner\´s desire to learn and their willingness to expend effort in undertaking the, sometimes hard, activities that lead to learning. Such a goal is in addition to, but intertwined with, the more traditional educational system goals of offering information, activities and support for learning new knowledge and skills.