ITS 2012 – RESEARCH AND PAPERS AFFECT: EMOTIONS Exploration of Affect Detection Using Semantic Cues in Virtual ImprovisationLi Zhang Implicit Strategies for Intelligent Tutoring SystemsImène Jraidi, Pierre Chalfoun, Claude Frasson Rudeness and Rapport: Insults and Learning Gains in Peer TutoringAmy Ogan, Samantha Finkelstein, Erin Walker, Ryan Carlson, Justine Cassell On Pedagogical Effects of Learner-Support Agents in Collaborative InteractionYugo Hayashi Exploration of Affect Detection Using Semantic Cues in Virtual ImprovisationLi Zhang Measuring Learners’ Co-Occurring Emotional Responses during Their Interaction with a Pedagogical Agent in MetaTutorJason M. Harley, François Bouchet, Roger Azevedo Visualization of Student Activity Patterns within Intelligent Tutoring SystemsDavid Hilton Shanabrook, Ivon Arroyo, Beverly Park Woolf, Winslow Burleson Toward a Machine Learning Framework for Understanding Affective Tutorial InteractionJoseph F. Grafsgaard, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, James C. Lester Exploring Relationships between Learners’ Affective States, Metacognitive Processes, and Learning OutcomesAmber Chauncey Strain, Roger Azevedo, Sidney D’Mello Mental Workload, Engagement and Emotions: An Exploratory Study for Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMaher Chaouachi, Claude Frasson Real-Time Monitoring of ECG and GSR Signals during Computer-Based TrainingKeith W. Brawner, Benjamin S. Goldberg AFFECT: SIGNALS Categorical vs. Dimensional Representations in Multimodal Affect Detection during LearningMd. Sazzad Hussain, Hamed Monkaresi, Rafael A. Calvo Cognitive Priming: Assessing the Use of Non-conscious Perception to Enhance Learner’s Reasoning AbilityPierre Chalfoun, Claude Frasson GAMES: MOTIVATION AND DESIGN Math Learning Environment with Game-Like Elements: An Incremental Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning EffectivenessDovan Rai, Joseph E. Beck Motivational Factors for Learning by TeachingNoboru Matsuda, Evelyn Yarzebinski, Victoria Keiser, Rohan Raizada, Gabriel Stylianides, Kenneth R. Koedinger An Analysis of Attention to Student – Adaptive Hints in an Educational GameMary Muir, Cristina Conati Serious Game and Students’ Learning Motivation: Effect of Context Using Prog&PlayMathieu Muratet, Elisabeth Delozanne, Patrice Torguet, Fabienne Viallet Exploring the Effects of Prior Video-Game Experience on Learner’s Motivation during Interactions with HeapMotivLotfi Derbali, Claude Frasson A Design Pattern Library for Mutual Understanding and Cooperation in Serious Game DesignBertrand Marne, John Wisdom, Benjamin Huynh-Kim-Bang, Jean-Marc Labat GAMES: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Predicting Student Self-regulation Strategies in Game-Based Learning EnvironmentsJennifer Sabourin, Lucy R. Shores, Bradford W. Mott, James C. Lester Toward Automatic Verification of Multiagent Systems for Training SimulationsNing Wang, David V. Pynadath, Stacy C. Marsella Using State Transition Networks to Analyze Multi-party Conversations in a Serious GameBrent Morgan, Fazel Keshtkar, Ying Duan, Padraig Nash, Arthur Graesser How to Evaluate Competencies in Game-Based Learning Systems Automatically?Pradeepa Thomas, Jean-Marc Labat, Mathieu Muratet, Amel Yessad CONTENT REPRESENTATION: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Sense Making Alone Doesn’t Do It: Fluency Matters Too! ITS Support for Robust Learning with Multiple RepresentationsMartina A. Rau, Vincent Aleven, Nikol Rummel, Stacie Rohrbach Problem Order Implications for Learning TransferNan Li, William W. Cohen, Kenneth R. Koedinger Knowledge Component Suggestion for Untagged Content in an Intelligent Tutoring SystemMario Karlovčec, Mariheida Córdova-Sánchez, Zachary A. Pardos FEEDBACK: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Automating Next-Step Hints Generation Using ASTUSLuc Paquette, Jean-François Lebeau, Gabriel Beaulieu, André Mayers The Effectiveness of Pedagogical Agents’ Prompting and Feedback in Facilitating Co-adapted Learning with MetaTutorRoger Azevedo, Ronald S. Landis, Reza Feyzi-Behnagh, Melissa Duffy, Gregory Trevors, Jason M. Harley et al. Noticing Relevant Feedback Improves Learning in an Intelligent Tutoring System for Peer TutoringErin Walker, Nikol Rummel, Sean Walker, Kenneth R. Koedinger ITS IN SPECIAL DOMAINS Multi-paradigm Generation of Tutoring Feedback in Robotic Arm Manipulation TrainingPhilippe Fournier-Viger, Roger Nkambou, André Mayers, Engelbert Mephu-Nguifo, Usef Faghihi User-Centered Design of a Teachable RobotErin Walker, Winslow Burleson An Intelligent Tutoring and Interactive Simulation Environment for Physics LearningLakshman S. Myneni, N. Hari Narayanan Guru: A Computer Tutor That Models Expert Human TutorsAndrew M. Olney, Sidney D’Mello, Natalie Person, Whitney Cade, Patrick Hays, Claire Williams et al. Developing an Embodied Pedagogical Agent with and for Young People with Autism Spectrum DisorderBeate Grawemeyer, Hilary Johnson, Mark Brosnan, Emma Ashwin, Laura Benton NON CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES WEBsistments: Enabling an Intelligent Tutoring System to Excel at Explaining Rather Than CoachingYue Gong, Joseph E. Beck, Neil T. Heffernan Automated Approaches for Detecting Integration in Student EssaysSimon Hughes, Peter Hastings, Joseph Magliano, Susan Goldman, Kimberly Lawless On the WEIRD Nature of ITS/AIED ConferencesEmmanuel G. Blanchard Goal-Oriented Conceptualization of Procedural KnowledgeMartin Možina, Matej Guid, Aleksander Sadikov, Vida Groznik, Ivan Bratko ASSESSMENT: CONSTRAINTS Context-Dependent Help for Novices Acquiring Conceptual Systems Knowledge in DynaLearnWouter Beek, Bert Bredeweg Towards an Ontology-Based System to Improve Usability in Collaborative Learning EnvironmentsEndhe Elias, Dalgoberto Miquilino, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Thyago Tenório, Rafael Ferreira, Alan Silva et al. Program Representation for Automatic Hint Generation for a Data-Driven Novice Programming TutorWei Jin, Tiffany Barnes, John Stamper, Michael John Eagle, Matthew W. Johnson, Lorrie Lehmann Exploring Quality of Constraints for Assessment in Problem Solving EnvironmentsJaime Galvez Cordero, Eduardo Guzman De Los Riscos, Ricardo Conejo Muñoz Can Soft Computing Techniques Enhance the Error Diagnosis Accuracy for Intelligent Tutors?Nguyen-Thinh Le, Niels Pinkwart DIALOGUE: CONCEPTUAL Identification and Classification of the Most Important Moments from Students’ Collaborative DiscoursesCostin-Gabriel Chiru, Stefan Trausan-Matu When Less Is More: Focused Pruning of Knowledge Bases to Improve Recognition of Student ConversationMark Floryan, Toby Dragon, Beverly Park Woolf Coordinating Multi-dimensional Support in Collaborative Conversational AgentsDavid Adamson, Carolyn Penstein Rosé Textual Complexity and Discourse Structure in Computer-Supported Collaborative LearningStefan Trausan-Matu, Mihai Dascalu, Philippe Dessus DIALOGUE: QUESTIONS Using Information Extraction to Generate Trigger Questions for Academic Writing SupportMing Liu, Rafael A. Calvo Learning to Tutor Like a Tutor: Ranking Questions in ContextLee Becker, Martha Palmer, Sarel van Vuuren, Wayne Ward LEARNER MODELING Analysis of a Simple Model of Problem Solving TimesPetr Jarušek, Radek Pelánek Modelling and Optimizing the Process of Learning MathematicsTanja Käser, Alberto Giovanni Busetto, Gian-Marco Baschera, Juliane Kohn, Karin Kucian, Michael von Aster et al. The Student Skill ModelYutao Wang, Neil T. Heffernan Clustered Knowledge TracingZachary A. Pardos, Shubhendu Trivedi, Neil T. Heffernan, Gábor N. Sárközy Preferred Features of Open Learner Models for University StudentsSusan Bull Do Your Eyes Give It Away? Using Eye Tracking Data to Understand Students’ Attitudes towards Open Student Model RepresentationsMoffat Mathews, Antonija Mitrovic, Bin Lin, Jay Holland, Neville Churcher Fuzzy Logic Representation for Student ModellingGagan Goel, Sébastien Lallé, Vanda Luengo LEARNING DETECTION Content Learning Analysis Using the Moment-by-Moment Learning DetectorSujith M. Gowda, Zachary A. Pardos, Ryan S. J. D. Baker Towards Automatically Detecting Whether Student Learning Is ShallowRyan S. J. D. Baker, Sujith M. Gowda, Albert T. Corbett, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh Item to Skills Mapping: Deriving a Conjunctive Q-matrix from DataMichel C. Desmarais, Behzad Beheshti, Rhouma Naceur INTERACTION STRATEGIES: GAMES The Role of Sub-problems: Supporting Problem Solving in Narrative-Centered Learning EnvironmentsLucy R. Shores, Kristin F. Hoffmann, John L. Nietfeld, James C. Lester Exploring Inquiry-Based Problem-Solving Strategies in Game-Based Learning EnvironmentsJennifer Sabourin, Jonathan Rowe, Bradford W. Mott, James C. Lester Real-Time Narrative-Centered Tutorial Planning for Story-Based LearningSeung Y. Lee, Bradford W. Mott, James C. Lester INTERACTION STRATEGIES: EMPIRICAL STUDIES An Interactive Teacher’s Dashboard for Monitoring Groups in a Multi-tabletop Learning EnvironmentRoberto Martinez Maldonado, Judy Kay, Kalina Yacef, Beat Schwendimann Efficient Cross-Domain Learning of Complex SkillsNan Li, William W. Cohen, Kenneth R. Koedinger Exploring Two Strategies for Teaching ProceduresAntonija Mitrovic, Moffat Mathews, Jay Holland Relating Student Performance to Action Outcomes and Context in a Choice-Rich Learning EnvironmentJames R. Segedy, John S. Kinnebrew, Gautam Biswas Using the MetaHistoReasoning Tool Training Module to Facilitate the Acquisition of Domain-Specific Metacognitive StrategiesEric Poitras, Susanne Lajoie, Yuan-Jin Hong An Indicator-Based Approach to Promote the Effectiveness of Teachers’ InterventionsAina Lekira, Christophe Després, Pierre Jacoboni, Dominique Py Limiting the Number of Revisions while Providing Error-Flagging Support during TestsAmruth N. Kumar DIALOGUE: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Towards Academically Productive Talk Supported by Conversational AgentsGregory Dyke, David Adamson, Iris Howley, Carolyn Penstein Ros Automatic Evaluation of Learner Self-Explanations and Erroneous Responses for Dialogue-Based ITSsBlair Lehman, Caitlin Mills, Sidney D’Mello, Arthur Graesser Group Composition and Intelligent Dialogue Tutors for Impacting Students’ Academic Self-efficacyIris Howley, David Adamson, Gregory Dyke, Elijah Mayfield, Jack Beuth, Carolyn Penstein Rosé How Do They Do It? Investigating Dialogue Moves within Dialogue Modes in Expert Human TutoringBlair Lehman, Sidney D’Mello, Whitney Cade, Natalie Person Building a Conversational SimStudentRyan Carlson, Victoria Keiser, Noboru Matsuda, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Carolyn Penstein Rosé Predicting Learner’s Project Performance with Dialogue Features in Online Q&A DiscussionsJaebong Yoo, Jihie Kim YOUNG RESEARCHERS TRACK Interventions to Regulate Confusion during LearningBlair Lehman, Sidney D’Mello, Arthur Graesser Using Examples in Intelligent Tutoring SystemsAmir Shareghi Najar, Antonija Mitrovic Semi-Supervised Classification of Realtime Physiological Sensor Datastreams for Student Affect Assessment in Intelligent TutoringKeith W. Brawner, Robert Sottilare, Avelino Gonzalez Detection of Cognitive Strategies in Reading Comprehension TasksTerry Peckham The Effects of Adaptive Sequencing Algorithms on Player Engagement within an Online GameDerek Lomas, John Stamper, Ryan Muller, Kishan Patel, Kenneth R. Koedinger