Abstract
We present a probabilistic model that assesses student emotional reaction during interaction with an educational game. Following a well-known cognitive theory of emotions (the OCC theory), the model predicts a student’s emotional state by assessing the student’s appraisal of her interaction with the game, in light of the student’s goals and personality. We illustrate how the model relies on a Dynamic Decision Network that is based on both the OCC theory and observations from two user studies.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Ball, G. and J. Breese. Modeling the emotional state of computer users. in Workshop on’ Attitude, Personality and Emotions in User-Adapted Interaction’, UM’ 99, 1999.
Conati, C. Probabilistic Assessment of User’s Emotions During the Interaction with Educational Games. To appear in Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence.
Costa, P.T. and R.R. McCrae, Four ways five factors are basic. Personality and Individual Differences. 1992. 13(1) p. 653–665.
Elliott, C., J. Rickel, and J. Lester,. Lifelike Pedagogical Agents and Affective Computing: An Exploratory Synthesis. Artificial Intelligence Today, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1600, M. Wooldridge and M. Veloso (eds.), 1999. Springer Verlag. 195–212.
Hudlicka, E. and D. McNeese. Assessment of User Affective and Belief States for Interface Adaptation: Application to an Air Force Pilot Task. Journal of User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 2002. 12(1): p. 1–47.
Kaapor, A., S. Mota, and R. Picard. Toward a learning companion that recognizes affect, in AAAI Fall Symposium:’ motional and Intelligent II’, 2001. AAAI Press.
Klawe, M. When Does The Use Of Computer Games And Other Interactive Multimedia Software Help Students Learn Mathematics? in NCTM Standards 2000 Technology Conference, 1998. Arlington, VA.
Orthony, A., G.L. Clore, and A. Collins. The cognitive structure of emotions, 1988. Cambridge University Press.
Russell, S. and P. Norvig. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 1995. Morgan-Kaufman.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Conati, C., Zhou, X. (2002). Modeling Students’ Emotions from Cognitive Appraisal in Educational Games. In: Cerri, S.A., Gouardères, G., Paraguaçu, F. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2363. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47987-2_94
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47987-2_94
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-43750-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-47987-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive