Albert Thomas Corbett
Address: 6028
Wellesley Ave. Human
Computer Interaction Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 School of Computer Science
Carnegie
Mellon University
Pittsburgh,
PA 15213
Telephone: 412-441-4669 412-268-8808
email: corbett
+@cmu.edu
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Skill Acquisition, Human
Computer Interaction,
Artificial Intelligence, Psycholinguistics, Reading
Comprehension, Semantic Memory,
Cognitive Processes, Memory, Retrieval Dynamics.
EDUCATION
Brown University, A.B., Psychology, with honors, 1972.
University of Oregon, M.A., Experimental Psychology,
1975.
University of Oregon, Ph.D., Experimental Psychology,
1977.
Thesis advisor:
Wayne Wickelgren
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Research Scientist, Human Computer Interaction
Institute, School of Computer
Science,
Carnegie Mellon University, 1999-present.
Research Computer Scientist, Human Computer Interaction
Institute, School of Computer
Science,
Carnegie Mellon University, 1993-1999.
Research Associate, Psychology Department, Carnegie
Mellon University, 1985-1993.
Sloan Fellow in Cognitive Science, Psychology Department,
Carnegie Mellon University, 1983-1985.
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, University of
South Carolina, 1979-1984.
Research Associate, Psychology Department, University of
Oregon, 1977-1979.
BOOKS
Anderson, J.R., Corbett, A.T. and Reiser, B.J. (1987) Essential
Lisp. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Corbett, A.T. (2002). Cognitive Tutor Algebra I: Adaptive student modeling in widespread classroom use. In National Research Council (2002). Technology and assessment: Thinking ahead, proceedings from a workshop. Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Corbett, A.T., Koedinger, K.R. and Hadley, W. S.
(2002). Cognitive Tutors: From the
research classroom to all classrooms.
In P. Goodman (Ed.) Technology
enhanced learning: Opportunities for
change. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
Corbett, A.T., Koedinger, K.R. and Anderson, J.R.
(1997). Intelligent tutoring systems.
In M.G. Helander, T.K. Landauer and P. Prabhu (Eds.) Handbook of human computer interaction, 2nd edition. Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. and O'Brien,
A.T. (1995). Student modeling in the ACT Programming Tutor. In P. Nichols, S. Chipman and R. Brennan
(eds.) Cognitively Diagnostic Assessment. (pp. 19-41). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1993) Student
modeling in an intelligent programming tutor.
In E. Lemut, B. du Boulay & G. Dettori (eds.) Cognitive
models and intelligent environments for learning programming. New York:
Springer-Verlag.
Anderson, J.R. and Corbett, A.T. (1992) Acquisition of LISP Programming Skill. In S. Chipman and A. Meyrowitz (eds.) Foundations
of Knowledge Acquisition: Cognitive
Models of Complex Learning.
Hingham, MA: Kluwer .
Anderson, J.R., Corbett, A.T., Fincham, J.M.,
Hoffman, D. and Pelletier, R. (1992)
General principles for an intelligent tutoring architecture. In
V. Shute & W.Regian (eds.) Cognitive
approaches to automated instruction.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1992) The Lisp Intelligent Tutoring System: Research in Skill Acquisition. In J. Larkin and R. Chabay (eds.) Computer assisted instruction and
intelligent tutoring systems: Shared
goals and complementary approaches.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T., Anderson, J.R. and Patterson, E.G.
(1990) Student modeling and tutoring flexibility in the Lisp Intelligent
Tutoring System. In C. Frasson and G
Gauthier (eds.) Intelligent tutoring
systems: At the crossroads of
artificial intelligence and education.. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Millward, R.B., Rice, G. and Corbett, A.T.
(1975) Category production measures and
verification times. In A. Kennedy and
A. Wilkes (eds.) Studies in long term
memory. New York: Wiley.
REFEREED JOURNALS
Corbett, A.T., McLaughlin, M.S. and Scarpinatto, K.C. (2000). Modeling student knowledge: Cognitive tutors in high school and college. User modeling and user-adapted interaction, 10, 81-108.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1995). Knowledge tracing: Modeling the acquisition of procedural knowledge. User
modeling and user-adapted interaction, 4, 253-278.
Anderson, J.R., Corbett, A.T. Koedinger, K.R. and
Pelletier, R. (1995). Cognitive tutors: Lessons learned. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4, 167-207.
Anderson, J.R., Boyle, C.F., Corbett, A.T. and Lewis,
M.W. (1990) Cognitive modelling and intelligent tutoring. Artificial
Intelligence, 42, 7-49.
Anderson, J.R., Conrad, F. and Corbett, A.T. (1989)
Skill acquisition and the LISP Tutor. Cognitive Science, 13, 467-505.
Corbett, A.T.
(1984) Prenominal adjectives and the disambiguation of anaphoric
nouns. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 23, 683-695.
Corbett, A.T. and Chang, F.R. (1983) Pronoun disambiguation: Accessing potential antecedents. Memory
and Cognition, 11, 283-294.
Dosher, B.A. and Corbett, A.T. (1982) Instrument inferences and verb
schemata. Memory and Cognition, 10, 531-539.
Wickelgren, W.A., Corbett, A.T. and Dosher, B.A. (1980) Priming and short term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal
Behavior, 19, 387-404.
Corbett, A.T. and Dosher, B.A. (1978) Instrument inferences in sentence
encoding. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17, 479-491.
Corbett, A.T. and Wickelgren, W.A. (1978) Semantic memory retrieval: A speed accuracy tradeoff analysis. Quarterly
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 30,
1-15.
Corbett, A.T.
(1977) Retrieval dynamics for rote and visual image mnemonics. Journal
of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16,
233-246.
Wickelgren, W.A. and Corbett, A.T. (1977) Associative interference and
retrieval dynamics in yes-no recall and recognition. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Learning and Memory,
3, 189-202.
Herrmann, D.J., Chaffin, R.J.S. and Corbett,
A.T. (1972) A factor analysis of six
measures extracted from the Battig and Montague (1969) category norms: Evidence for three properties of categories
in semantic memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal
Behavior, 12, 666-674.
REFEREED CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
Casares, J., Long, A.C., Myers, B.A., Bhatnagar, R, Stevens, S.M.,
Dabbish, L., Yocum, D., and Corbett, A. Simplifying video editing using
metadata. Proceeding of the Designing
Interactive Systems, DIS2002, in press.
Baker, R., Corbett, A.T. and Koedinger, K.R. (2001).
Toward a Model of Learning Data Representations. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society, 45-50.
Corbett, A.T. (2001). Cognitive computer tutors: Solving the two-sigma problem. User
Modeling: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference, UM 2001, 137-147.
Aist, G., Burkhead, P.,
Corbett, A.T., Cuneo, A., Junker, B., Mostow, J., Sklar, M.B. and Tobin, B.
(2001). Computer-assisted oral reading helps third graders learn vocabulary
better than a classroom control – about as well as one-on-one human-assisted
oral reading. Artificial Intelligence and
Education, 2001: The Proceedings of
AI-ED 2001, 267-277.
Mostow, J., Aist, G., Burkhead, P.,
Corbett, A.T., Cuneo, A., Eitelman, S., Huang, C., Junker, B., Platz, C.,
Sklar, M.B. and Tobin, B. (2001). A
controlled evaluation of computer- versus human-assisted oral reading. Artificial Intelligence and Education,
2001: The Proceedings of AI-ED 2001,
586-588.
Myers, B.A., Casares, J.P., Stevens,
S., Dabbish, L., Yocum, D and Corbett, A.T.
(2001). A multi-view intelligent editor for digital video libraries. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint
Conference on Digital Libraries, 106-115.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R.
(2001). Locus of feedback control in
computer-based tutoring: Impact on
learning rate, achievement and attitudes. Proceedings
of ACM CHI’2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 245-252.
Corbett, A.T. and Trask, H. (2000). Instructional interventions in computer-based tutoring: Differential impact on learning time and accuracy. Proceedings of ACM CHI’2000 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 97-104.
Corbett, A.T., McLaughlin, M.S., Scarpinatto, K.C.
and Hadley, W.S. (2000). Analyzing and Generating Mathematical Models: An
Algebra II Cognitive Tutor Design Study.
Intelligent tutoring systems:
Proceedings of the Fifth international conference, ITS’2000,
314-323.
Corbett, A.T., Trask, H. J., Scarpinatto, K.C. and
Hadley, W.S. (1998). A formative
evaluation of the PACT Algebra II Tutor:
Support for simple hierarchical reasoning. Intelligent tutoring
systems: Fourth international
conference.
Corbett, A.T. and Bhatnagar, A.
(1997). Student modeling in the ACT
Programming Tutor: Adjusting a procedural learning model with declarative
knowledge. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on User Modeling. New York:
Springer-Verlag Wein.
Corbett, A.T. and Knapp, S. (1996). Plan scaffolding: Impact on the process and product of learning. In C. Frasson, G. Gauthier, & A.
Lesgold, (Eds.) Intelligent tutoring
systems: Third international conference
, ITS ‘96. New York:
Springer.
Modugno, F., Corbett, A.T. and Myers, B.A.
(1996). Evaluating program
representation in a demonstrational visual shell. In W.D. Gray and D.A.
Boehm-Davis (Eds.) Empirical studies of programmers.
Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Originally published in Human Factors in Computer Systems: CHI '95 Conference Companion, 234-235.
Pane, J.F., Corbett, A.T. and John, B.E. (1996). Assessing dynamics in computer-based
instruction. Proceedings of ACM CHI’96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems, 197-204.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1995). Knowledge decomposition and subgoal
reification in the ACT programming tutor.
Artificial Intelligence and
Education, 1995: The Proceedings of
AI-ED 95. Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
Corbett, A.T., Anderson, J.R., Carver, V.H. and
Brancolini, S.A. (1994). Individual
differences and predictive validity in student modeling. In A. Ram & K. Eiselt (eds.) The
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T., Anderson, J.R. and O'Brien, A. T.
(1993) The predictive validity of student modeling in the ACT Programming
Tutor. In P. Brna, S. Ohlsson & H.
Pain (eds.) Artificial Intelligence and Education, 1993: The Proceedings of AI-ED 93.
Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1992) Student modeling and mastery learning in a
computer-based programming tutor In C.
Frasson, G. Gauthier, G. McCalla, (Eds.) Intelligent
tutoring systems: Second international
conference on intelligent tutoring systems, New York: Springer-Verlag.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1992). Knowledge tracing in the ACT Programming
Tutor. The Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T., Anderson, J.R. and Fincham, J.M.
(1991) Menu selection vs. typing: Effects on learning in an intelligent
programming tutor. In L. Birnbaum
(Ed.) The Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning
Sciences. Charlottesville, VA: AACE
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1990) The effect of
feedback control on learning to program with the Lisp Tutor. The
Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (1989) Feedback timing and student control in the
Lisp Intelligent Tutoring System. In D.
Bierman, J. Breuker & J. Sandberg, (Eds.)
Artificial intelligence and
Education: The Proceedings of the 4th
International Conference on AI and Education. Springfield, VA: IOS.
Corbett, A.T., Anderson, J.R. and Patterson, E.G.
(1988) Problem compilation and tutoring flexibility in the Lisp Tutor. The
Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems,
Montreal.
Gray, W., Corbett, A.T. and Van Lehn, K. (1988)
Planning and implementation errors in algorithm design. The Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society, Montreal.
REVIEWS
Corbett, A.T. (1999). Education, culture and outcomes.
A review of J. Bruner The culture
of education and J. Schofield Computers
and classroom culture. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 8,
147-155.
Corbett, A.T.
(1985) Trees in the forest: A
sampling of learning research. A review
of G. Bower (ed.) The psychology of learning and motivation, Volume 16. Contemporary
Psychology, 30, 49-50.