When an information extraction system is applied to a new task or domain, we must specify the classes of entities and relations to be extracted. This is best done by a subject matter expert, who may have little training in NLP. To meet this need, we have developed a toolset which is able to analyze a corpus and aid the user in building the specifications of the entity and relation types.

Building and using agent-based models is often impractical, in part due to the cost of including expensive subject matter experts (SMEs) in the development process. In this paper, we describe a method for “bootstrapping” model building to lower the cost of overall model development. The models we are interested in here capture dynamic phenomena related to international and subnational conflict....

We present an argument for ongoing and deep participation by subject matter experts (SMEs, i.e. teachers and domain experts) in advanced learning environment (LE) development, and thus for the need for highly usable authoring tools. We also argue for the "user participatory design" of involving SMEs in creating the authoring tools themselves. We describe our experience building authoring tools ...

This paper presents current results in developing a practical approach, methodology and tool, for the development of knowledge bases and agents by subject matter experts, with limited assistance from knowledge engineers. This approach is based on mixed-initiative reasoning that integrates the complementary knowledge and reasoning styles of a subject matter expert and a learning agent, and on a ...

vs. Contextualized Representations During our initial team discussions, the engineering subject matter expert (SME) brought to our attention the fact that engineering textbooks at the college level typically represent engineering content in abstract form, that is, with generic symbols (Moore, Miller, Lesh, Stohlmann, & Kim, 2013; Nathan et al., 2013). The rest of the team was surprised to learn...

Introduction Despite pressures for quick one-size-fits-all fixes to providing teachers with professional development, the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) has maintained a focus on providing long-term, subject-specific professional development. The CHSSP has sought opportunities to partner with districts, schools, and teachers so as to help build teachers' content knowledge, ac...

This article raises the question of what K-12 teachers need to know to teach mathematics and science well. It begins by examining reform proposals for K-12 science and mathematics teaching with an eye toward defining what good teaching practice consists of. It then examines a wide range of literature to delineate the varieties of knowledge that have been associated with this kind of teaching. W...

ABSTRACT Despite the increase in and diversity of disclosure channels available, our understanding how managers incorporate channel features into their decisions remains incomplete. I provide evidence that choose relatively rich offer multiple cues, opportunities for interaction, linguistic (i.e., earnings call, as compared to press release) communicate complex information. The positive relatio...