The Teachable Agents Group @ Vanderbilt University

John Kinnebrew


		Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
	Address:	Institute for Software Integrated Systems Vanderbilt University 1025 16th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212

Biography

John Kinnebrew joined the Teachable Agents Group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Summer of 2010. He has a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in computer science. His background is in artificial intelligence, including coordination in multi-agent systems, autonomous planning/scheduling, and machine learning. In the Teachable Agents Group, Dr. Kinnebrew is extending data mining and machine learning techniques to assess student behavior patterns in computer-based learning environments. His work focuses on techniques to identify metacognitive and self-regulated learning strategies from interaction trace data and employing those patterns to design adaptive pedagogical agent feedback.

Publications with the Teachable Agents Group

2013

Basu, S., Dickes, A., Kinnebrew, J.S., Sengupta, P., & Biswas, G. (2013). CTSiM: A Computational Thinking Environment for Learning Science through Simulation and Modeling. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (pp. 369-378). Aachen, Germany.
Biswas, G., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Segedy, J.R. (2013). Analyzing Students' Metacognitive Strategies in Open-Ended Learning Environments. In Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Berlin, Germany.
Biswas, G., Segedy, J.R., & Kinnebrew, J.S. (2013). Smart Open-Ended Learning Environments that Support Learners� Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes. In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Human Factors in Computing & Informatics. Maribor, Slovenia.
Dukeman, A., Caglar, F., Shekhar, S., Kinnebrew, J., Biswas, G., Fisher, D., & Gokhale, A. (2013). Teaching Computational Thinking Skills in C3STEM with Traffic Simulation. In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Human Factors in Computing & Informatics. Maribor, Slovenia.
Kinnebrew, J., Biswas, G., Sulcer, B., & Taylor, R. (2013). Investigating Self-Regulated Learning in Teachable Agent Environments. In R. Azevedo & V. Aleven (Eds.), International Handbook of Metacognition and Learning Technologies: Vol. 26. Springer International Handbooks of Education (pp. 451-470). New York: Springer.
Kinnebrew, J.S., Loretz, K.M., & Biswas, G. (2013). A Contextualized, Differential Sequence Mining Method to Derive Students' Learning Behavior Patterns. Journal of Educational Data Mining.
* In Press
Kinnebrew, J.S., Mack, D.L.C., & Biswas, G. (2013). Mining Temporally-Interesting Learning Behavior Patterns. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. Memphis, TN, USA.
Segedy, J.R., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2013). The Effect of Contextualized Conversational Feedback in a Complex Open-Ended Learning Environment. Educational Technology Research and Development, 61(1), 71-89.
Sengupta, P., Kinnebrew, J.S., Basu, S., Biswas, G., & Clark, D. (2013). Integrating Computational Thinking with K-12 Science Education Using Agent-based Computation: A Theoretical Framework. Education and Information Technologies, 18(2), 351-380.

2012

Basu, S., Kinnebrew, J., Dickes, A., Farris, A.V., Sengupta, P., Winger, J., & Biswas, G. (2012). A Science Learning Environment using a Computational Thinking Approach. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (pp. 722-729). Singapore.
* Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award
Biswas, G., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Segedy, J.R. (2012). Analyzing Student Learning and Metacognitive Processes in a Choice-Rich Science Learning Environment. In the 5th Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Metacognition. Milano, Italy.
Biswas, G., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Segedy, J.R. (2012). Modeling student behaviors in an open-ended learning environment. In V. G. Duffy (Ed.), Advances in Applied Human Modeling and Simulation (pp. 202-211). San Francisco, CA, USA: CRC Press.
Bouchet, F., Kinnebrew, J.S., Biswas, G., & Azevedo, R. (2012). Identifying Students� Characteristic Learning Behaviors in an Intelligent Tutoring System Fostering Self-Regulated Learning. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. Chania, Greece.
Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2012). Identifying Learning Behaviors by Contextualizing Differential Sequence Mining with Action Features and Performance Evolution. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. Chania, Greece.
* Recipient of the Best Paper Award
Segedy, J. R., Kinnebrew, J. S., & Biswas, G. (2012). Supporting Student Learning using Conversational Agents in a Teachable Agent Environment. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Sydney, Australia.
Segedy, J. R., Kinnebrew, J. S., & Biswas, G. (2012). Relating Student Performance to Action Outcomes and Context in a Complex, Choice-Rich Learning Environment. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Chania, Greece.
Sengupta, P., Kinnebrew, J.S., Biswas, G., & Clark, D. (2012). Integrating computational thinking with K-12 science education: A theoretical framework. In 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (pp. 40-49). Porto, Portugal.

2011

Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2011). Modeling and Measuring Self-Regulated Learning in Teachable Agent Environments. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 7(2), 19-35.
Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2011). Comparative Action Sequence Analysis with Hidden Markov Models and Sequence Mining. In The Knowledge Discovery in Educational Data Workshop at the 17th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. San Diego, CA.
Segedy, J.R., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2011). Investigating the Relationship Between Dialogue Responsiveness and Learning in a Teachable Agent Environment. In Susan Bull and Gautam Biswas (Eds.), Proceedings of The 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. Auckland, New Zealand.
Segedy, J.R., Kinnebrew, J.S., & Biswas, G. (2011). Modeling Learner's Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies in an Open-Ended Learning Environment. In AAAI Fall Symposium on Advances in Cognitive Systems. Arlington, VA.

2010

Biswas, G., Jeong, H., Kinnebrew, J., Sulcer, B., & Roscoe, R. (2010). Measuring Self-regulated Learning Skills through Social Interactions in a Teachable Agent Environment. Research and Practice in Technology-Enhanced Learning, 5(2), 123-152.
Kinnebrew, J., Biswas, G., & Sulcer, B. (2010). Measuring Self-regulated Learning Skills through Social Interactions in a Teachable Agent Environment. In The AAAI Fall Symposium on Cognitive and Metacognitive Educational Systems (MCES).