Spotlight Research
UF AI Days @ College of Education
Researchers from the UF College of Education will showcase how they’re creating the future of teaching and learning on day five of UF AI Days — Friday, October 20.
Scaling Up Computer Science Education for Students with Disabilities
Supported by a $100,000 grant from Google, UF researchers and Broward County Public Schools are launching a professional development program that focuses on providing teachers with strategies and resources to expand access to computer science for students with disabilities.
UF partners on NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute focused on STEM learning
The National Science Foundation has selected a team of scientists from the University of Florida and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to lead a $20 million institute to advance artificial intelligence to promote STEM education.
Published Research
Artificial Intelligence Unplugged: Designing Unplugged Activities for a Conversational AI Summer Camp
Abstract As conversational AI apps such as Siri and Alexa become ubiquitous among children, the CS education community has begun leveraging this popularity as a potential opportunity to attract young learners to AI, CS, and STEM learning. However, teaching...
An engagement-aware predictive model to evaluate problem-solving performance from the study of adult skills’ (PIAAC 2012) process data
Abstract The benefits of incorporating process information in a large-scale assessment with the complex micro-level evidence from the examinees (i.e., process log data) are well documented in the research across large-scale assessments and learning analytics. This...
Automated Feedback for Student Math Responses Based on Multi-Modality and Fine-Tuning
Abstract Open-ended mathematical problems are a commonly used method for assessing students’ abilities by teachers. In previous automated assessments, natural language processing focusing on students’ textual answers has been the primary approach. However,...