Tutorials at PPSN 2016

Investigating effects of computer-based grammar tutorials

This dissertation study examined a broad question of whether computer-based grammar tutorials are effective and welcome tools to review grammar for language learners by investigating effects of three different modes of such tutorials on learners’ knowledge and satisfaction. For this study, I developed experimental tutorials in three different modes (a static text with a voice-over narration, an...

What is the best way for developers to learn new software tools? An empirical comparison between a text and a video tutorial

The better developers can learn software tools, the faster they can start using them and the more efficiently they can later work with them. Tutorials are supposed to help here. While in the early days of computing, mostly text tutorials were available, nowadays software developers can choose among a huge number of tutorials for almost any popular software tool. However, only little research wa...

Multi-objective Local Search Based on Decomposition

Peer-assisted learning: filling the gaps in basic science education for preclinical medical students.

In contrast to peer-assisted learning (PAL) in clinical training, there is scant literature on the efficacy of PAL during basic medical sciences teaching for preclinical students. A group of senior medical students aimed to design and deliver clinically oriented small-group tutorials after every module in the preclinical curriculum at a United Kingdom medical school. Twenty tutorials were deliv...

What Does the Evolution Path Learn in CMA-ES?

The Covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy (CMA-ES) evolves a multivariate Gaussian distribution for continuous optimization. The evolution path, which accumulates historical search direction in successive generations, plays a crucial role in the adaptation of covariance matrix. In this paper, we investigate what the evolution path approximates in the optimization procedure. We show th...