WWW
2010
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2010
ACM
Web search is generally motivated by an information need. Since asking well-formulated questions is the fastest and the most natural way to obtain information for human beings, al...
ICSE
2010
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2010
IEEE-ACM
A reachability question is a search across feasible paths through a program for target statements matching search criteria. In three separate studies, we found that reachability q...
ITS
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2004
Springer
Cognitive Tutors are proven effective learning environments, but are still not as effective as one-on-one human tutoring. We describe an environment (ALPS) designed to engage stude...
CIKM
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2005
Springer
We address the task of answering natural language questions by using the large number of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages available on the web. The task involves three steps...
ICALT
2006
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2006
IEEE
Whenever a class is invited to ask questions, it is individual learners who ask and their questions do not often represent the questions of the whole class. The benefit to those p...
CICLING
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2007
Springer
In this paper, we present an approach to answering “Other” questions using the notion of interest marking terms. “Other” questions have been introduced in the TREC-QA track...
AIED
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2007
Springer
An implicit assumption in psychometrics and educational statistics is that the generative model for student scores on test questions is governed by the topics of those questions an...
ICALT
2008
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2008
IEEE
Self-assessment is a crucial component of learning. Creating effective questions is time-consuming, however, because it may require considerable resources and the skill of critica...
SOUPS
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
2009
ACM
Challenge questions are an increasingly important part of mainstream authentication solutions, yet there are few published studies concerning their usability or security. This pap...
ASSETS
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
2009
ACM
In this paper, we compare alternative techniques for evaluating a software system for simplifying the readability of texts for adults with mild intellectual disabilities (ID). We ...