EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR LEARNERS’ COGNITIVE PROFILES OF HISTORICAL TEXT COMPREHENSION.pdf

International Journal of Computational Cognition () Volume 1, Number 4, Pages 31–51, December 2003 Publisher Item Identifier S 1542-5908(03)10402-2/$20.00 Article electronically published on December 9, 2002 at . Please cite this paper as: Grammatiki Tsaganou, Maria Grigoriadou and Theodora Cavoura, “Experimental Model for Learners’ Cognitive Profiles of Historical Text Comprehension(Invited Paper)”, International Journal of Computational Cognition (), Volume 1, Number 4, Pages 31–51, December 2003. EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR LEARNERS’ COGNITIVE PROFILES OF HISTORICAL TEXT COMPREHENSION (INVITED PAPER) GRAMMATIKI TSAGANOU, MARIA GRIGORIADOU AND THEODORA CAVOURA This contribution presents an experimental approach to learner modeling of Historical Text Comprehension (HTC). The Learner Model of Historical Text Comprehension (LMHTC), infers the learner’s cognitive profile and profile descriptor of HTC from his observable be- havior imitating the human expert. The experimental research, which resulted in the design of the learner model, is described in detail. The exploitation of quantitative and qualitative criteria and the formula- tion of the learner’s cognitive profile and profile descriptor are also presented. The evaluation results are analyzed and followed by a dis- cussion on the interesting research results for the dynamics of the constructed learner model. 1. The research interest of this work focuses on the convergence of com- puter science and cognitive science. The tendencies that prevail concern the construction of systems based upon the study of the evolution of knowle