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Ambiguity is a well-known problem in student modelling, and in user modelling in general. In this paper we present the results of an experiment in the domain of German adjectives. We trialled a modified student interface that gathers more data during problem solving by requiring the student to perform a related subtask. There is evidence that the students who performed the subtask outperformed the control group on a post-test despite the extra task slowing them down, suggesting the extra effort required by the students to overcome ambiguity was worth the intervention.
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Martin, B., Nicholas, A. (2007). Studying Model Ambiguity in a Language ITS. In: Conati, C., McCoy, K., Paliouras, G. (eds) User Modeling 2007. UM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4511. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73078-1_58
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