Explanations and candidate explanations in physics

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In research areas such as decision support systems, one of the crucial features is the ability to automatically explain decisions. However, this ability does not typically play a large role in computer games. Here, I suggest that this situation will change: research on the automatic generation of explanations will have real import for many types of computer games. I discuss four possible ways t...

Theoretical Explanations 1 RUNNING HEAD: THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS Strengths and limitations of theoretical explanations in psychology

Great Explanations: Opinionated Explanations for Recommendation

Explaining recommendations helps users to make better, more satisfying decisions. We describe a novel approach to explanation for recommender systems, one that drives the recommendation process, while at the same time providing the user with useful insights into the reason why items have been chosen and the trade-offs they may need to consider when making their choice. We describe this approach...

Constructing Self-Explanations and Scaffolded Explanations in Tutoring

One-on-one tutoring is a form of instruction that requires interaction between a tutor and a tutee. The effectiveness of tutoring is examined from the perspectives of the tutor's actions, the tutee's actions, and successive interactions. A tutor's actions that may not lead to successive interactions consist of asking an initiating question, providing feedback, and asking a comprehension-gauging...

Text Classification of Student Self-Explanations in College Physics Questions

This study looks at the text data generated from the Asynchronous Peer Instruction tool, DALITE. The goals of this work are two-fold: i) to determine whether the words students use in their self-explanations can be predictive of their success on the related multiple-choice item, or even reveal their uncertainty about the concept being tested; and, ii) to determine if the collection of words use...