In Learning Using Privileged Information (LUPI) paradigm, along with the standard training data in the decision space, a teacher supplies a learner with the privileged information in the correcting space. The goal of the learner is to find a classifier with a low generalization error in the decision space. We consider an empirical risk minimization algorithm, called Privileged ERM, that takes i...

In Learning Using Privileged Information (LUPI) paradigm, along with the standard training data in the decision space, a teacher supplies a learner with the privileged information in the correcting space. The goal of the learner is to find a classifier with a low generalization error in the decision space. We consider an empirical risk minimization algorithm, called Privileged ERM, that takes i...

We propose and study a new intelligent teaching paradigm called active teaching in this paper. In contrast to active learning, we assume that the learner can only passively conduct inductive learning from the given examples, but the teacher (oracle) can actively provide “good” examples to the learner, in order to speed up the teaching (learning) process. We establish the framework with four spe...

This paper introduces Quality of Experience My Online Teacher (QoE-MOT), a user quality of experience oriented version of the generic authoring tool MOT. QoE-MOT is an authoring tool which enables the creation of performance-aware adaptive courses, by adapting the educational content to the learner network conditions. MOT was developed based on LAOS, a complex five layer authoring model. In sim...

E-learning usability is a goal of the user centred e-learning design. Its achievement depends on the determination of the requirements and preferences of the users of an e-learning system or environment (learner, teacher and administrator of an educational process). This paper presents an approach to estimation of learner’s preferences that have to influence the teaching process in the creation...

With the growing popularity, the number of data sources and the amount of data has been growing very fast in recent years. The distribution of operational data on disperse data sources impose a challenge on processing user queries. In such database systems, the database relations required by a query to answer may be stored at multiple sites. This leads to an exponential increase in the number o...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of varying frequency patterns (FPs) of words on the productive acquisition of a young EFL learner in a home setting. Target words were presented to the learner using games and role plays. They were subsequently traced for their frequencies in input and output. Eighteen immediate tests and delayed tests were administered to measure the ...

The promise of imitation is to facilitate learning by allowing the learner to observe a teacher in action. Ideally this will lead to faster learning when the expert knows an optimal policy. Imitating a suboptimal teacher may slow learning, but it should not prevent the student from surpassing the teacher’s performance in the long run. Several researchers have looked at imitation in the context ...

Teaching problem-solving through exercises is a widely used pedagogic technique. A human teacher selects certain problems and orders them according to their level of difficulty to form a sequence of exercises. A student starts by solving simple problems first; then, attempts harder problems applying the knowledge gained from solving the earlier problems; and then still harder problems, and so o...

The current study explored the role of teacher-child relationship plays on the relationship between preschooler’s shyness level and externalizing problem. The sample consisted of 463 children from 6 preschools of Shandong province in northern China. Mothers reported the shyness level, aggressive behavior, and attention problem of their children, whereas teachers rated the teacher-child relation...