TY - GEN
T1 - Adapting performance feedback to a learner's conscientiousness
AU - Dennis, Matt
AU - Masthoff, Judith
AU - Mellish, Chris
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - To keep a learner motivated, an intelligent tutoring system may need to adapt its feedback to the learner's characteristics. We are particularly interested in adaptation of performance feedback to the learner's personality. Following on from an earlier study that investigated the effect of generalized self-efficacy, this study examines how feedback may need to be adapted to the trait Conscientiousness from the Five Factor Model. We used a User-as-Wizard approach, with participants taking the role of the adaptive feedback generator. Participants were presented with a fictional student with a validated polarized level of Conscientiousness, along with a set of marks the student had achieved in a test. They provided feedback to the learner in the form of a short statement. We examined the level to which participants bent the truth as adaptation to the learner's conscientiousness. The study suggests that adaptation to conscientiousness may be needed: using a positive slant for highly conscientious students with failing grades.
AB - To keep a learner motivated, an intelligent tutoring system may need to adapt its feedback to the learner's characteristics. We are particularly interested in adaptation of performance feedback to the learner's personality. Following on from an earlier study that investigated the effect of generalized self-efficacy, this study examines how feedback may need to be adapted to the trait Conscientiousness from the Five Factor Model. We used a User-as-Wizard approach, with participants taking the role of the adaptive feedback generator. Participants were presented with a fictional student with a validated polarized level of Conscientiousness, along with a set of marks the student had achieved in a test. They provided feedback to the learner in the form of a short statement. We examined the level to which participants bent the truth as adaptation to the learner's conscientiousness. The study suggests that adaptation to conscientiousness may be needed: using a positive slant for highly conscientious students with failing grades.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-31454-4_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-31454-4_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863617687
SN - 9783642314537
VL - 7379 LNCS
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 297
EP - 302
BT - User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization - 20th International Conference, UMAP 2012, Proceedings
T2 - 20th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
Y2 - 16 July 2012 through 20 July 2012
ER -