MEASURING SELF-REGULATED LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A TEACHABLE AGENT ENVIRONMENT

We have developed a learning environment where students teach a computer agent using visual representations, and can monitor the agent's learning progress by asking her questions and having her take quizzes. The system provides self-regulated learning and metacognitive support via dialog-embedded prompts from Betty, the teachable agent, and Mr. Davis, the mentor agent. Our primary goals have been to support learning of complex science topics in...