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Towards Automatically Detecting Whether Student Is in Flow
(2014-01-01)
Lee, Po-Ming
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Jheng, Sin-Yu
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Hsiao, Tzu-Chien
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分子醫學與生物工程研究所
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資訊工程學系
Csikszentmihalyi\'s flow theory states the components (e. g., balance between skill and challenge) that lead to an optimal state (referred to as flow state, or under flow experience) of intrinsic motivation and personal experience. Recent research has begun to validate the claims stated by the theory and extend the provided statements to the design of pedagogical interactions. To incorporate the theory in a design, automatic detector of flow is required. However, little attention has been drawn to this filed, and the detection of flow is currently still dominated by using surveys. Hence, within this paper, we present an automated detector which is able to identify the students that are in flow. This detector is developed using a step regression approach, with data collected from college students learning linear algebra from a step-based tutoring system.
Towards Flow Theory on the Design of a Tutoring System for Improving Affective Quality
(2014-01-01)
Lee, Po-Ming
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Jheng, Sin-Yu
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Hsiao, Tzu-Chien
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分子醫學與生物工程研究所
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資訊工程學系
Csikszentmihalyi\'s flow theory states that the components that lead to an optimal state of intrinsic motivation and personal experience may further lead to optimal learning. However, little evidence suggests that a tutoring system (TS) aimed at providing flow preconditions impacts student learning when the contents are the same. Therefore, this study tests this hypothesis by modifying a TS used in an international English language institute (IELI) to provide flow preconditions of students and maintain a balance between the skill level of students and the difficulty level of learning tasks. Fifty-five students in the IELI were separated into two groups to use the modified TS and the original TS. Analysis results indicate an improved engagement and affective quality, as well as reduced frustration levels of the students who used the proposed TS.