This paper describes our progress towards automating adaptive personalized instruction
based on student conceptual understandings using digital libraries. The reported approach …

Abstract An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) must provide suitable feedback to learners
based on tests adapted to the learners' ability levels. An ITS selects the item and content …

Middle and high-school science teachers have traditionally introduced current events in the
classroom to leverage news topics relevant to the curriculum, such as the Sumatra Tsunami …

Instructional interventions targeting current student conceptual understandings and built
around robust conceptual frameworks can play an important role in science learning …