Publications

Papers
Recent
- Leelawong, K., & Biswas, G., (2008).
Designing Learning by Teaching Environments: The Betty's Brain System,
International Journal of AI and Education, vol. 28, no. 3.
- Roscoe, R., Wagster, J., & Biswas, G., (2008).
Using Teachable Agent Feedback to Support Effective Learning by Teaching,
The Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Washington, DC, July 2008.
- Wagster, J., Kwong, H., Segedy, J., Biswas, G., & Schwartz, D. (2008).
Bringing CBLEs into Classrooms: Experiences with the Betty's Brain System.
The Eighth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
- Jeong, H., Gupta, A., Roscoe, R., Wagster, J., Biswas, G., & Schwartz, D. (2008).
Using Hidden Markov Models to Characterize Student Behavior Patterns in Computer-based Learning-by-Teaching Environments,
Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 9th International Conference, Montreal, Canada.
- Jeong, H., & Biswas, G. (2008).
Mining Student Behavior Models in Learning-by-Teaching Environments,
First International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Montreal, Canada.
2007
- Schwartz, D., Blair, K.P., Biswas, G. & Leelawong, K.
Animations of Thought: Interactivity in the Teachable Agent Paradigm,
Learning with Animation: Research and Implications for Design. R. Lowe and W. Schnotz (eds).
UK: Cambrige University Press, pp. 114-140, 2007.
- Tan, J., Skirvin, N., Biswas, G. & Catley, K. (2007). Providing Guidance and Opportunities for Self-Assessment and Transfer in a Simulation Environment for Discovery Learning, The twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, Tennessee, (pp. 1539).
- Wagster, J., Tan, J., Wu, Y.,Biswas, G. & Schwartz, D. (2007). Do Learning by Teaching Environments with Metacognitive Support Help Students Develop Better Learning Behaviors?, The twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Nashville, Tennessee, (pp. 695).
- Tan, J., Wagster, J., Wu, Y. & Biswas, G. (2007). Effect of Metacognitive Support on Student Behaviors in Learning by Teaching Environments [poster], The thirteenth International Conference on AI in Education, Marina del Rey, California.
- Wagster, J. Tan, J., Biswas, G. & Schwartz, D. (2007). How Metacognitive Feedback Affects Behavior in Learning and Transfer, The thirteenth International Conference on AI in Education, Marina del Rey, California.
- Tan, J. & Biswas, G. (2007). Simulation-Based Game Learning Environments: Building and Sustaining a Fish Tank, The first IEEE International Workshop on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, Jhongli, Taiwan, (pp. 73-80).
* Recipient of Best Student-Authored Paper Award
2006
- Tan, J., Biswas, G. & Schwartz, D. (2006). Feedback for Metacognitive Support in Learning by Teaching Environments, The twenty-eigth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, Canada, (pp. 828-833).
- Tan, J. & Biswas, G. (2006). The Role of Feedback in Preparation for Future Learning: A Case Study in Learning by Teaching Environments, Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 8th International Conference, Jhongli, Taiwan, (pp. 370-381).
- Blair, K., Schwartz, D., Biswas, G. & Leelawong, K. (2006). Pedagogical Agents for Learning by Teaching: Teachable Agents, Educational Technology & Society, Special Issue on Pedagogical Agents.
2005
- Katzlberger, T. Learning By Teaching Agents. Ph.D. Thesis. Department of EECS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. December 2005.
- Leelawong, K. Using the Learning-by-Teaching Paradigm to Design Learning Environments. Ph.D. Thesis. Department of EECS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. August 2005.
- Biswas, G., Leelawong, K., Schwartz, D., Vye, N. & The Teachable Agents Group at Vanderbilt (2005). Learning By Teaching: A New Agent Paradigm for Educational Software, Applied Artificial Intelligence, vol. 19, (pp. 363-392).
- Tan, J., Beers, C., Gupta, R. & Biswas, G. (2005). Computer Games as Intelligent Learning Environments: A River Ecosystem Adventure, The twelfth International Conference on AI in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (pp. 646-653).
- Gupta, R., Wu, Y. & Biswas, G. (2005). Teaching about Dynamic Processes: A Teachable Agents Approach, The twelfth International Conference on AI in Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (pp. 241-248).
- Biswas, G., Leelawong, K., Belynne, K. & Adebiyi, B. (2005). Case Studies in Learning by Teaching Behavioral Differences in Directed versus Guided Learning, The twenty-seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy, (pp. 828-833).
2004
- Viswanath, K., Adebiyi, B., Biswas, G. & Leelawong, K. (2004). A Multi-Agent Architecture Implementation of Learning by Teaching Systems, 4th IEEE Intl. Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Joensuu, Finland, (pp. 61-65).
- Biswas, G., Leelawong, K., Belynne, K., et al., Incorporating Self Regulated Learning Techniques into Learning by Teaching Environments, The twenty sixth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, (Chicago, Illinois, 2004), forthcoming.
- Biswas, G., Leelawong, K., Belynne, K., et al., Developing Learning by Teaching Environments that support Self-Regulated Learning. in The seventh International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, (Maceió, Brazil, 2004), forthcoming.
2003
- Leelawong, K., K. Viswanath, J. Davis, G. Biswas, N. J. Vye, K. Belynne and J. B. Bransford (2003). Teachable Agents: Learning by Teaching Environments for Science Domains. The Fifteenth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico (pp. 109-116). The American Association of Artificial Intelligence.
- Davis, J. M., K. Leelawong, K. Belynne, R. Bodenheimer, G. Biswas, N. Vye and J. Bransford (2003). Intelligent User Interface Design for Teachable Agent Systems. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Miami, Florida (pp. 22-33). The Association for Computing Machinery.
- Davis, J. M., K. Leelawong, K. Belynne, R. Bodenheimer, G. Biswas, N. Vye and J. Bransford (2003). Intelligent User Interface Design for Teachable Agent Systems: A Demonstration Abstract. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 320). Miami, Florida, The Association for Computing Machinery.
2002
- Leelawong, K., Davis, J., Vye, N., Biswas, G., Schwartz, D., Belynne, T., Katzlberger, T., & Bransford, J. (2002). The effects of feedback in supporting learning by teaching in a teachable agent environment. In P. Bell, R. Stevens, & T. Satwicz (Eds.), Keeping Learning Complex: The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) (pp. 245-252). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
2001
- Biswas, G., Schwartz, D., Bransford, J., & the Teachable Agents Group at Vanderbilt (TAG-V). (2001). Technology support for complex problem solving: From SAD environments to AI. In K.D. Forbus and P.J. Feltovich (Eds.), Smart Machines in Education (pp. 71-98). Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press.
- Katzlberger, T., Biswas, G., Bransford, J., Schwartz, D. & Teachable Agents Group at Vanderbilt (TAG-V). (2001, May). Extending intelligent learning environments with teachable agents to enhance learning. In J. D. Moore, C. L. Redfield, &. W. L. Johnson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on AI in Education: AI-ED in the Wired and Wireless Future (pp. 389-397). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
- Leelawong, K., Wang, Y, Biswas, G., Vye, N., Bransford, J., & Schwartz, D. (2001, May). Qualitative reasoning techniques to support learning by teaching: The teachable agents project. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning (pp. 73-80), San Antonio.
2000 and earlier
- Brophy, S., Biswas, G., Katzlberger, T., Bransford, J., & Schwartz, D. (July, 2000). Teachable agents: Combining insights from learning theory and computer science. International Conference on AI in Education, Le Mans, France.
- Brophy S., Schwartz, D., Biswas, G., & Bransford, J. (1998, August). Learning Through Programmable Agents. Presented at Workshop on Pedagogical Agents, ITS '98, San Antonio, TX, August 1998.
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