Research on agents has led to the development of algorithms for learning from experience, accepting guidance from humans, and imitating experts. This paper explores a new direction for agents: the ability to teach other agents. In particular, we focus on situations where the teacher has limited expertise and instructs the student through action advice. The paper proposes and evaluates several t...

In this paper, we present our current work on Intelligent Environment the Smart Classroom project. It is an augmented classroom used for teachers in the distant education. The teacher can write directly on a wall-size media-board or use speech and gesture to conduct the class discussion involving of the distant students. It is just the experience that the teacher was familiar with in the ordina...

This essay explores the questions about preservice teachers’ belief about effective teaching, especially their understanding of students, and their expectation from teacher education program. The authors ground their research in theories of teachers’ belief and belief change. Data collected from 35 participants are based on openended survey questions. Findings indicate that the participants mad...

This paper reports on an on-line simulation that we have developed to support our pre-service teacher education program. The purpose of this paper is three fold: first it reports on the need identified within the literature for pre-service teacher education to make stronger connections between the theory of their university experience with classroom reality; second it reports on the creation of...

The application of learning technology makes a severe challenge for the English teachers as foreign language (EFL) at Kindergarten online, which results in neglected outcomes. Various kinds latest tools and appropriate online are widely available, but limited ability EFL students can't keep up with progress. This study aims to analyses how challenges using impact output quality kindergartens. d...

I investigate the importance of the match between teachers and schools for student achievement. I show that teacher effectiveness is higher after a move to a different school, and I estimate teacher-school match effects using a mixed effects estimator. Match quality can "explain away" a quarter of, and is as economically important as, teacher quality. Supporting models of worker mobility, teach...

This paper reports on a how pre-service teacher use of an online classroom simulation (ClassSim) supplemented existing practicum experiences and contributed to the development of their emerging professional identity. ClassSim was developed to provide pre-service teachers with a safe virtual environment in which they can explore ‘authentic’ and practical classroom scenarios. Users were able to a...