Kenneth
Koedinger
koedinger@cmu.edu
Research Computer Scientist
Office:
Advanced Computer Tutoring Project
Human
Computer Interaction Institute
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891
Phone: 412-268-7667
Fax: 412-681-5739
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Kenneth R. Koedinger is a research computer scientist in the Human-Computer
Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He has a BS
in Mathematics, a MS in Computer Science (University of Wisconsin, 1984,
1986), a PhD in Psychology (CMU, 1990), and has spent time teaching geometry
in an urban high school. This multi-disciplinary background has been
critical to his research goal of creating educational technologies that
demonstrably and dramatically increase student achievement. Toward
this goal, he has developed computer simulations of student thinking that
are used to guide the construction of educational materials and are the
core of intelligent software systems that provide students with individualized
interactive learning assistance. He has developed such “Cognitive
Tutors” for mathematics and has tested them in the laboratory and the classroom.
For instance, in whole-year classroom studies with the Pump Algebra Tutor,
he showed that students in experimental classrooms outperformed students
in control classes by 50-100% on targeted real world problem solving skills
and by 10-25% on standardized tests. More generally, he has contributed
new principles and techniques for the design of educational software and
has produced basic cognitive science research results on the nature of
mathematical thinking and learning. He has been a PI on 8 major grants
and is the author of 27 refereed publications, 3 book chapters, and 14
other papers. He is currently a codirector of the Pittsburgh
Advanced Cognitive Tutor Center and is managing teams of cognitive scientists,
programmers, and teachers to create integrated solutions to mathematics
learning that include text materials and teacher training as well as Cognitive
Tutors. He is a co-founder of Carnegie Learning, a new company that
is marketing these technology-enhanced learning solutions to middle schools,
high schools, and colleges.
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