An Automated Feedback System to Support Student Learning in Writing-to-Learn Activities

Author(s):  
Ye Xiong ◽  
Yi-Fang Brook Wu
1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hall ◽  
Theresa Tiggeman

This paper describes a project incorporating writing-to- learn activities into an introductory finance class. Such activities use writing informally as a vehicle to promote student learning. Examination of the students' brief papers showed that students became less likely to skip theory and go to canned formulas and that they took more responsibil ity for their work. For instructors, the project was beneficial because it enabled them to tailor class presentations more precisely to students' actual comprehension of course material.


Author(s):  
Baron C. Summers ◽  
Herbert Hauser

The purpose of this research is to shed light on the effects of an automated feedback system to optimize cognitive-affective states and increase effectiveness of using remotely piloted aerial system team members training to conduct Close Air Support missions in a simulation training environment. Feedback manipulations in this study utilize attributes of engagement as an optimal cognitive-affective state in order to assess state and effectiveness differences. Understanding these effects could enable predictions of aspects that might be adapted to optimize future approaches in training teams in complex situations. If states of learners can be impacted via feedback experiences to an engagement like state and thereby benefit from increased learning and effectiveness, then training approaches utilizing feedback may advance in capability. Thus, designs of automated feedback systems in human-computer interfaces may help advance training of complex military tasks such as close air support with remotely piloted aerial systems through decreasing workload, increasing knowledge acquisition, and enabling better performance.


2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.V. Patel ◽  
S. Zurek ◽  
T. Meydan ◽  
D.C. Jiles ◽  
L. Li

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Reynolds ◽  
Christopher Thaiss ◽  
Wendy Katkin ◽  
Robert J. Thompson

Despite substantial evidence that writing can be an effective tool to promote student learning and engagement, writing-to-learn (WTL) practices are still not widely implemented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, particularly at research universities. Two major deterrents to progress are the lack of a community of science faculty committed to undertaking and applying the necessary pedagogical research, and the absence of a conceptual framework to systematically guide study designs and integrate findings. To address these issues, we undertook an initiative, supported by the National Science Foundation and sponsored by the Reinvention Center, to build a community of WTL/STEM educators who would undertake a heuristic review of the literature and formulate a conceptual framework. In addition to generating a searchable database of empirically validated and promising WTL practices, our work lays the foundation for multi-university empirical studies of the effectiveness of WTL practices in advancing student learning and engagement.


Author(s):  
Jameel Kelley ◽  
Dana AlZoubi ◽  
Stephen B. Gilbert ◽  
Evrim Baran ◽  
Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu ◽  
...  

Computer vision has the potential to play a significant role in capacity building for classroom instructors via automated feedback. This paper describes the implementation of an automated sensing and feedback system, TEACHActive. The results of this paper can enable other campuses to replicate a similar system using open-source software and consumer-grade hardware. Some of the challenges discussed include faculty recruitment, IRB procedures, camera-based classroom footage privacy, hardware setup, software setup, and IT support. The design and implementation of the TEACHActive system is being carried out at Iowa State University and is being tested with faculty in classrooms pilots. Preliminary interviews with instructors show a desire to include more active learning methods in their classrooms and overall interest in a system that can perform automated feedback. The primary results of this paper include lessons learned from the institutional implementation process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Yung Cheng ◽  
I-Min Chiu ◽  
Ming-Ya Hsu ◽  
Hsiu-Yung Pan ◽  
Chih-Min Tsai ◽  
...  

Background: The use of focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) enables clinicians to rapidly screen for injury at the bedsides of patients. Pre-hospital FAST improves diagnostic accuracy and streamlines patient care, leading to dispositions to appropriate treatment centers. In this study, we determine the accuracy of artificial intelligence model-assisted free-fluid detection in FAST examinations, and subsequently establish an automated feedback system, which can help inexperienced sonographers improve their interpretation ability and image acquisition skills.Methods: This is a single-center study of patients admitted to the emergency room from January 2020 to March 2021. We collected 324 patient records for the training model, 36 patient records for validation, and another 36 patient records for testing. We balanced positive and negative Morison's pouch free-fluid detection groups in a 1:1 ratio. The deep learning (DL) model Residual Networks 50-Version 2 (ResNet50-V2) was used for training and validation.Results: The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the model performance for ascites prediction were 0.961, 0.976, and 0.947, respectively, in the validation set and 0.967, 0.985, and 0.913, respectively, in the test set. Regarding feedback prediction, the model correctly classified qualified and non-qualified images with an accuracy of 0.941 in both the validation and test sets.Conclusions: The DL algorithm in ResNet50-V2 is able to detect free fluid in Morison's pouch with high accuracy. The automated feedback and instruction system could help inexperienced sonographers improve their interpretation ability and image acquisition skills.


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