Carelessness and goal orientation in a science microworld

Arnon Hershkovitz, Michael Wixon, Ryan S.J.D. Baker, Janice Gobert, Michael Sao Pedro

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the relationship between goal orientation within a science inquiry learning environment for middle school students and carelessness, i.e., not demonstrating an inquiry skill despite knowing it. Carelessness is measured based on a machine-learned model. We find, surprisingly, that carelessness is higher for students with strong mastery or learning goals, compared to students who lack strong goal orientation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence in Education - 15th International Conference, AIED 2011
Pages462-465
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2011 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 28 Jun 20111 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6738 LNAI

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2011
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period28/06/111/07/11

Keywords

  • carelessness
  • educational data mining
  • goal orientation
  • science inquiry

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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