A Study of Analogy in Computer Science Tutorial Dialogues

Mehrdad Alizadeh, Barbara Di Eugenio, Rachel Harsley, Nick Green, Davide Fossati, Omar AlZoubi

2015

Abstract

Analogy plays an important role in learning, but its role in teaching Computer Science has hardly been explored. We annotated and analyzed analogy in a corpus of tutoring dialogues on Computer Science data structures. Via linear regression analysis, we established that the presence of analogy and of specific dialogue acts within analogy episodes correlate with learning. We have integrated our findings in our ChiQat-Tutor system, and are currently evaluating the effect of analogy within the system.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Alizadeh M., Di Eugenio B., Harsley R., Green N., Fossati D. and AlZoubi O. (2015). A Study of Analogy in Computer Science Tutorial Dialogues . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-108-3, pages 232-237. DOI: 10.5220/0005443702320237

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu15,
author={Mehrdad Alizadeh and Barbara Di Eugenio and Rachel Harsley and Nick Green and Davide Fossati and Omar AlZoubi},
title={A Study of Analogy in Computer Science Tutorial Dialogues},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={232-237},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005443702320237},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - A Study of Analogy in Computer Science Tutorial Dialogues
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
AU - Alizadeh M.
AU - Di Eugenio B.
AU - Harsley R.
AU - Green N.
AU - Fossati D.
AU - AlZoubi O.
PY - 2015
SP - 232
EP - 237
DO - 10.5220/0005443702320237