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Recent Publications and Awards

• Cooper, David, Arroyo,Ivon, Woolf, Beverly Sensing Student Emotion and Responding Appropriatly (Best Interactive Presentation AIED 2009)
• Ivon Arroyo, David G. Cooper, Winslow Burleson, Beverly Park Woolf, Kasia Muldner and Robert Christopherson Emotoin Sensors Go To School (Best Paper AIED 2009)
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B.P., Royer, J.M., Tai, M. (2009) Affective Gendered Learning Companion, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, Brighton, England, IOS Press
• Ivon ARROYO, David G. COOPER, Winslow BURLESON Beverly Park WOOLF, Kasia MULDNER, Robert CHRISTOPHERSON (2009) Emotion Sensors Go To School
• Toby Dragon, Ivon Arroyo, Beverly P. Woolf, Winslow Burleson, Rana el Kaliouby, Hoda Eydgahi (2008) Viewing Student Affect and Learning through Classroom Observation and Physical Sensors
• Beverly Woolf, Winslow Burleson, Ivon Arroyo, Toby Dragon, David Cooper, Rosalind Picard (2008) Affect-Aware Tutors: Recognizing and Responding to Student Affect
• Ivon ARROYO, Kimberly FERGUSON, Jeff JOHNS, Toby DRAGON, Hasmik MEHERANIAN, Don FISHER, Andrew BARTO, Sridhar MAHADEVAN, Beverly P. WOOLF(2007) Repairing Disengagement With Non-Invasive Interventions
• Kimberly Ferguson, Ivon Arroyo, Sridhar Mahadevan, Beverly Woolf, Andy Barto (2006) Improving Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Using
  Expectation Maximization To Learn Student Skill Levels

Emotional Recognition and Remediation:

• Arroyo, I., Ferguson, K., Johns, J., Dragon, T., Meheranian, H., Fisher, D., Barto, A., Mahadevan, S., Woolf, B.P. (2007) Repairing Disengagement with Non-Invasive Interventions. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Artificial Intelligence in Education. IOS Press.
• Eliot, C., Woolf, B. P., Arroyo, I., Beck, J. E.. Software support for students with attention problems. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. San Antonio, TX. May 2001. pp. 467-475. Published by IOS Press
• Arroyo, I. Murray, T. Woolf, B. P. Beal, C.  Inferring unobservable learning variables from students’ help seeking behavior
• Beal, C. R., Woolf, B. P., Beck, J. E., Arroyo, I., Klaus Schultz, David M. Hart. Gaining Confidence in Mathematics: Instructional Technology for Girls. Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics/Science Education and Technology. pp. 57-64. 2000.
• Arroyo, I. Burleson, W. Dragon, T. Eydgahi, H. el Kailiouby, R. Woolf, B. P. Viewing Student Affect and Learning through Classroom Observation and Physical Sensors
• Arroyo, I. Burelson, W. Woolf, B.P. Emotional Intelligence for Computer Tutors
• Arroyo, I. Barto, A. Dragon, T. Ferguson, K. Fisher, D. Johns, J. Mahadevan, S. Meheranian, H. Woolf B. P.  Remediating Disengagement with Non-Invasive Interventions

Inquiry and Dialog Tutors:

• Murray, T., Rath, K., Woolf, B.P., Marshall, D., Bruno, M., Dragon, T., Kohler, K., Evaluating Inquiry Learning Through Recognition-Based Tasks. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on AI and Education, July 2005, Amsterdam.
• Dragon, T. Woolf, B.P.  Understanding and Advising Students from within an Inquiry Tutor Intelligent tutoring systems that teach by using the inquiry learning method.
• Woolf, B., Reid, J., Stillings, N., Bruno, M., Murray, D., Reese, P., Peterfreund, A. & Rath, K. A General Platform for Inquiry Learning. Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Biarritz, France, June 2002.
• Woolf, B.P., Murray, T., Marshall, D., Dragon, T., Kohler, K., Mattingly, M., Bruno, M., Murray, D., Sammons, J., Critical Thinking Environments for Science Education. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on AI and Education, July 2005, Amsterdam.
• Bruno, M. Murray, T. Jarvis, C. and Woolf, B.P. Coaching and Authoring Poster - RASHI
• Bruno, M. Murray, T. Jarvis, C. and Woolf, B.P.  Rashi: An Interactive Case-Based Computer Program for Inquiry Teaching in Science - Slideshow
• Woolf, B., Hart, D., Rees, P., Reid, J., Stillings, N., Bruno, M., Murray, D., Peterfreund, A. Expanding A General Platform for Inquiry Learning. International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, Workshop on Learning Environments for Inquiry Skills, Boulder Colorado, January 2002.
• Woolf, B.P., Marshall, D. Mattingly, M. Lewis, J. Wright, S. Jellison, M. Tracking Student Propositions in an Inquiry System
• Murray, T. Woolf, B.P. Marshall, D.   Lessons Learned from Authoring for Inquiry Learning: A tale of authoring tool evolution
• Sammons, J. Murray, D. Murray, T. Woolf, B.P. Marshall, D.   Inquiry-Based Electronic Field Trip Modules - Power Point
• Murray, T., Rath, K., Woolf, B.P., Marshall, D., Bruno, M., Dragon, T., Kohler, K.,    Evaluating Inquiry Learning Through Recognition-Based Tasks. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on AI and Education, July 2005, Amsterdam.

Mathematics Preparation Tutoring:

• Arroyo, I., Beal, C. and Walles, R.,Woolf, B.P., Customizing a Multimedia Tutor for Students Preparing to Take High Stakes Achievement Tests. ED-MEDIA: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 2005, Montreal.
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B. P., Students in AWE: changing their role from consumers to producers of ITS content (2003) Advanced Technologies for Mathematics Education Workshop, Supplementary Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education.
• Arroyo, I. Carole R. Beal, C. R. Walles, R. Woolf, B. P.    Effects of Web-Based Tutoring Software on Students’ Math Achievement
• Arroyo, I., Schapira, A., Woolf, B. P. Authoring and Sharing Word Problems with AWE (Animalwatch web-based environment). Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. San Antonio, TX. May 2001. pp. 527-529. Published by IOS Press.
• Beal, C. R., Arroyo, I. (2002). The AnimalWatch Project: Creating an Intelligent Computer Mathematics Tutor.  In S. Calvert, A. Jordan, R. Cocking (Eds.), Children in the digital age. Greenwood.
• Arroyo, I., Murray, T., Beck, J. E., Woolf, B. P., Beal, C. R. (2003)  A Formative Evaluation of Animalwatch.  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. IOS press.
• Arroyo, I., Beck, J. E., Beal, C. R., Wing, R. E. Woolf, B. P. Analyzing Students' Response to Help Provision in an Elementary Mathematics Intelligent Tutoring System Help Provision and Help Seeking in Interactive Learning Environments. Workshop at the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. San Antonio, TX. May 2001.
• Arroyo, I.  Animalwatch: an Arithmetic ITS for Elementary and Middle School Students. "Learning Algebra with the Computer" Workshop. Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Montreal, Canada. June 2000.
• Arroyo, I. Beck, J.E. Hart, D.M. Woolf, B.P.   WhaleWatch: An Intelligent Multimedia Math Tutor
• Arroyo, I., Beal, C. R., Bergman, A., Lindenmuth, M., Marshall, D., Woolf, B. P. (2003) Intelligent Tutoring for high-stakes achievement tests. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. IOS press.
• Arroyo, I., Walles, R., Beal, C. R., Woolf, B. P. (2003) Tutoring for SAT-Math with Wayang Outpost. Advanced Technologies for Mathematics Education Workshop. Supplementary Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education.
• Arroyo, I. Beal, C.R. Royer, J.M. Woolf, B.P.  Wayang Outpost: A web-based multimedia intelligent tutoring system for high stakes math achievement tests.   AERA 2003 Chicago
• Arroyo, I., Beal, C. R., Murray, T., Walles, R., Woolf, B. P. (2004). Web-Based Intelligent Multimedia Tutoring for High Stakes Achievement Tests. 468-477. James C. Lester, Rosa Maria Vicari, Fábio Paraguaçu (Eds.): Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 7th International Conference, ITS 2004, Maceiò, Alagoas, Brazil, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3220. Springer 2004.

Gender Studies:

• QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND SOFTWARE EFFECTIVENESS FOR AN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM  A Dissertation Presented by IVON M. ARROYO
• Arroyo, I., Murray, T., Woolf, B. P., Beal, C. R. (2003)   Further results on gender and cognitive differences in help effectiveness. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. IOS press.
• Arroyo, I., Beck, J. E., Beverly Park Woolf, Beal, C. R., Klaus Schultz.  Macroadapting Animalwatch to gender and cognitive differences with respect to hint interactivity and symbolism.   Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Montreal, Canada. June 2000. pp. 574-583. Published by Springer
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B.P., Beal, C.R. (2006). Addressing Cognitive Differences and Gender During Problem Solving. International Journal of Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning. Vol. 4, pp. 31-63.
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B.P., Beal, C.R. Murray, T.  Gender and Cognitive differences in Help Effectiveness During Problem Solving

Machine Learning and Educational Data Mining Methods:

• Arroyo, I. Woolf, B.   Inferring learning and attitudes from a Bayesian Network of log file data  Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. C.K. Looie, G. McCalla, B. Bredeweg, and J. Breuker, editors. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2005. pp 33-40.
• Arroyo, I.   Martin, K.    AgentX: Using Reinforcement Learning to Improve the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 564-572. James C. Lester, Rosa Maria Vicari, Fábio Paraguaçu (Eds.): Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 7th International Conference, ITS 2004, Maceiò, Alagoas, Brazil, August 30 - September 3, 2004, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3220 Springer 2004.
• Ferguson, K., Arroyo, I., Mahadevan, S, Woolf, B., Barto, A.   Improving Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Using Expectation Maximization To Learn Student Skill Levels.   Proceedings of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Taiwan, June, 2006.
• Johns, J. Mahadeven, S. Woolf, B.P.   Estimating Student Proficiency Using an Item Response Theory Model
• Arroyo, I.  Barto, A.  Ferguson, K.  Mahadevan, S.  Woolf, B.P.    Improving Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Using Expectation Maximization To Learn Student Skill Levels. Proceedings of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Taiwan, June, 2006.
• Arroyo, I Barto, Fisher, D. A. Johns, J. Jonsson, A. Mahadevan, S. Mehranian, H. Woolf, B.P.  Evaluating the Feasibility of Learning Student Models from Data
• Beck, J.E. Beal, C.R. Woolf, B.P. ADVISOR: A machine learning architecture for intelligent tutor construction

Cognitive Studies:

• Arroyo, I.  Conejo, R.   Guzman,  E.  Woolf,  B.P.   An Adaptive Web-based Component for Cognitive Ability Estimation
• Arroyo, I. Beck, J.E. Beal, C. R. Woolf, B.P.   Learning within the ZPD with the AnimalWatch intelligent tutoring system    AERA 2003 Chicago IL
• QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND SOFTWARE EFFECTIVENESS FOR AN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM     A Dissertation Presented by IVON M. ARROYO
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B.P., Beal, C.R. (2006). Addressing Cognitive Differences and Gender During Problem Solving. International Journal of Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning. Vol. 4, pp. 31-63.
• Arroyo, I., Murray, T., Woolf, B. P., Beal, C. R. (2003)   Further results on gender and cognitive differences in help effectiveness.  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. IOS press.
• Arroyo, I., Woolf, B., Beal, C.R. (2006). Addressing Cognitive Differences and Gender During Problem Solving. International Journal of Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning. Vol. 4, pp. 31-63.
• Arroyo, I., Beck, J. E., Woolf, B. P., and Klaus Schultz.   A useful prediction variable for student models: Cognitive Development level.   Poster at the Seventh International Conference on User Modeling. Banff, Canada. 1999.
• Arroyo, I. Murray, T.   Toward Measuring and Maintaining the Zone of Proximal Development in Adaptive Instructional Systems   2002 International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Eliot, C. Woolf, B.P.  Multiple Agents Acting in Parallel within an Intelligent Real-time Tutor AAAI96 Submission
• Arroyo, I.  Woolf, B.P.  Beal, C.R.  Murray, T.   Gender and Cognitive differences in Help Effectiveness During Problem Solving

Global Digital Systems:

• Eliot, C., B. Woolf and V. Lesser.  Knowledge Extraction for Educational Planning. Workshop on Multi-Agent Architectures Supporting Distributed Learning   10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. San Antonio, TX. May 2001
• Gouardères, G. Nkambou, R. Woolf, B.P.   Toward Learning Grid Infrastructures: An Overview of Research on Grid Learning Services
• Eliot, C. Woolf, B.P. Customizing the Instructional Grid
• Eliot, C., B. Woolf and V. Lesser.   Knowledge Extraction for Educational Planning. Workshop on Multi-Agent Architectures Supporting Distributed Learning,   10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. San Antonio, TX. May 2001.
• Woolf, B.P.  Reasoning about Teaching and Learning.   10th conference of Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAEPIA 2003) and the 5th Conference on Technology Transfer (TTIA 2003), San Sebastian, Spain, November 12-14, 2003

Electronic Homework:

• Botch, B. Day, R. Hart, D.M. Vining, W. Woolf, B.P.   Improving Instruction and Reducing Costs With a Web-based Learning Environment   International Conference on Mathematics/Science Education & Technology (MSET 2000), San Diego, CA, March 2000.
• Hart, D., B. Woolf, R. Day, B. Botch, and W. Vining,  OWL: An Integrated Web-based Learning Environment.  Inernational Conference on Mathematics/ Science Education & Technology (M/SET 99), San Antonio, TX, March 1999

Foundations and Theory:

• Woolf, B. P. and Hall, W.  Multimedia Pedagogues: Interactive Systems for Teaching and Learning   IEEE Computer, Special Issue on Multimedia,Vol. 28 (5): 74-80. 1995.
  
• Arroyo, I. Beck, J.E. Schultz, K. Woolf, B.P.   Piagetian Psychology in Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Engineering Tutors

• Grosse, I. Poli, C. Woolf, B.P.  MULTIMEDIA-BASED ACTIVE TUTORS - A NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING   Proceedings of 4th ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference: 1999 Design Engineering Technical Conferences September 12-15, 1999 Las Vegas
  
• Romoser, M. E., Woolf, B. P., Bergeron, D., & Fisher, D.   The Mental Rotation Tutors: A Flexible, Computer-based Tutoring Model for Intelligent Problem Selection.  Conference of Human Factors & Ergonomics Society, New Orleans, LA. 2004.
  
• Woolf, B., Romoser, M., Bergeron, D. and Fisher, D.  Tutoring 3-Dimensional Visual Skills: Dynamic Adaptation to Cognitive Level.   Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Sydney, Australia, July 2003.
  
• Woolf, B.,   Distributed Interactive Learning Environments  in A. Taurisson and A. Senteni, (Eds.), Innovations in Knowledge- Based Virtual Education. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005.
  
• Woolf, B., C. Poli, and I. Grosse,  Multimedia Systems and Intelligent Tutors for Teaching Design for Manufacturing.  1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1997.

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