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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Biography

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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