Affective Engagement in Teachable Agents
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چکیده
Students’ use of two different versions of a digital math game, one extended with a teachable agent, is compared. The purpose is to compare the affective engagement of student using the two different versions. An overall aim is to extend our knowledge of the paradigm Learning by Teaching.
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