Evaluating a Bayesian Student Model of Decimal Misconceptions
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applications of educational data mining, evaluation of student models is essential for an adaptive educational system. This paper describes the evaluation of a Bayesian model of student misconceptions in the domain of decimals. The Bayesian model supports a remote adaptation service for an Intelligent Tutoring System within a project focused on adaptively presenting erroneous examples to students. We have evaluated the accuracy of the student model by comparing its predictions to the outcomes of students' logged interactions from a study with 255 school children. Students' logs were used for retrospective training of the Bayesian network parameters. The accuracy of the student model was evaluated from three different perspectives: its ability to predict the outcome of an individual student's answer, the correctness of the answer, and the presence of a particular misconception. The results show that the model's predictions reach a high level of precision, especially in predicting the presence of student misconceptions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2011) |
Editors | M. Pechenizkiy, T. Calders, C. Conati, S. Ventura, C. Romero, J. Stamper |
Number of pages | 5 |
Publisher | Eindhoven University Press |
Publication date | 2011 |
Pages | 301-305 |
ISBN (print) | 978-90-386-2537-9 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Educational Data Mining - EDM 2011 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 06.07.2011 → 08.07.2011 Conference number: 4 http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2011/ |
- Mathematics
- Bayesian networks, Bayesian student modeling, Student model evaluation