Conversations in architectural science

Conversations with a virtual science tutor in multimedia learning environments

During the past two years, a team of researchers, developers and teachers at Boulder Language Technologies has been collaborating with colleagues at the University of Colorado and the University of Pittsburgh to develop My Science Tutor (MyST), an intelligent tutoring system that is designed to improve science achievement of third, fourth and fifth grade students through conversational spoken d...

Parent-child conversations about science: the socialization of gender inequities?

This study investigated the family as a context for the gender typing of science achievement. Adolescents (N = 52) from 2 age levels (mean ages = 11 and 13 years) participated with their mothers and fathers on separate occasions; families were from predominantly middle-income European American backgrounds. Questionnaires measured the parents' and the child's attitudes. Each parent also engaged ...

Computer Science at Kent Architectural Description of Dependable Software Systems

COMPUTING SCIENCE Evaluation of Architectural Frameworks Supporting Contract-based Specification

The management and assurance of “systems of systems” (SoSs) are hampered by the difficulty of gaining confidence that a particular architecture of constituent systems will meet a global SoS-level requirement. Research suggests that recording explicit technical contracts at the boundaries between the SoS-constituent systems may help with verification of SoS-level properties, including non-functi...

Dialogic Inquiry in Life Science Conversations of Family Groups in a Museum

This research illustrates the efficacy of a new approach for collecting and analyzing family conversational data at museums and other informal settings. This article offers a detailed examination of a small data set (three families) that informs a larger body of work that focuses on conversation as methodology. The dialogic content of this work centers on biological themes, specifically adaptat...