Relationships Between Math Performance and Human Judgments of Motivational Constructs in an Online Math Tutoring System

Rurik Tywoniw, Scott A. Crossley, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Shamya Karumbaiah, Ryan Baker

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Abstract

This paper explores how early grade school students’ math performance relates to human ratings of students’ affect, identity, and social awareness based on the content of messages to an online tutoring system avatar. There is an expanding body of research which investigates connections between these features and success in mathematics. This study used principle component analysis to identify four components related to motivational constructs. These components were examined using correlations with mathematics performance at three difficulty levels. Data from 572 students were examined, with results indicating little to no links between human judgments of motivational constructs and math performance. These findings have implications for how motivational constructs in math are evaluated and how they can predict mathematics performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence in Education - 21st International Conference, AIED 2020, Proceedings
EditorsIg Ibert Bittencourt, Mutlu Cukurova, Rose Luckin, Kasia Muldner, Eva Millán
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Pages329-333
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9783030522391
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2020 - Ifrane, Morocco
Duration: Jul 6 2020Jul 10 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12164 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2020
Country/TerritoryMorocco
CityIfrane
Period7/6/207/10/20

Keywords

  • Intelligent tutoring
  • Motivational constructs
  • Principle component analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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