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We discuss the implications of making learner models that can be inspected by learners within the context of a sensorimotor control taskāthat of balancing a pole hinged to a cart. We argue that the requirement of producing models that are comprehensible by learners limits the options of modelling strategy, constrains model structure and calls for further refinement of model contents. We discuss the issues of modularity of model contents, modality and interactivity of model presentation, and present results from a preliminary evaluation of a graphical interface to learner models for pole balancing.
Supported by CONACYT and the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Mexico, under scholarship 64999/111091.
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Morales, R., Pain, H., Conlon, T. (2000). Understandable Learner Models for a Sensorimotor Control Task. In: Gauthier, G., Frasson, C., VanLehn, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1839. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45108-0_26
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