Blinded by science?: Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words

Sarah E. Schultz; Naomi Wixon; Danielle Allessio; Kasia Muldner; Winslow Burleson; Beverly Woolf; Ivon Arroyo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35

Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words

Sarah E. Schultz, Naomi Wixon, Danielle Allessio, Kasia Muldner, Winslow Burleson, Beverly Woolf, Ivon Arroyo

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

This work addresses students’ open responses on causal attributions of their self-reported affective states. We use qualitative thematic data analysis techniques to develop a coding scheme by identifying common themes in students’ self-reported attributions. We then applied this scheme to a larger set of student reports. Analysis shows that students’ reasons for reporting a certain affect do not always align with researchers’ expectations. In particular, we discovered that a sizable group of students externalize their affect, attributing perceived difficulty of the problem and their own negativity as lying outside of themselves.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings
Editors	John Stamper, Alessandro Micarelli, Kitty Panourgia
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	314-319
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9783319395821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2016 - Zagreb, Croatia Duration: Jun 7 2016 → Jun 10 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9684
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2016
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Period	6/7/16 → 6/10/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35

Cite this

Schultz, S. E., Wixon, N., Allessio, D., Muldner, K., Burleson, W., Woolf, B., & Arroyo, I. (2016). Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words. In J. Stamper, A. Micarelli, & K. Panourgia (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings (pp. 314-319). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9684). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35

Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words. / Schultz, Sarah E.; Wixon, Naomi; Allessio, Danielle et al.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings. ed. / John Stamper; Alessandro Micarelli; Kitty Panourgia. Springer-Verlag, 2016. p. 314-319 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9684).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Schultz, SE, Wixon, N, Allessio, D, Muldner, K, Burleson, W, Woolf, B & Arroyo, I 2016, Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words. in J Stamper, A Micarelli & K Panourgia (eds), Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9684, Springer-Verlag, pp. 314-319, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2016, Zagreb, Croatia, 6/7/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35

Schultz SE, Wixon N, Allessio D, Muldner K, Burleson W, Woolf B et al. Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words. In Stamper J, Micarelli A, Panourgia K, editors, Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings. Springer-Verlag. 2016. p. 314-319. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39583-8_35

Schultz, Sarah E. ; Wixon, Naomi ; Allessio, Danielle et al. / Blinded by science? Exploring affective meaning in students’ own words. Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 13th International Conference, ITS 2016, Proceedings. editor / John Stamper ; Alessandro Micarelli ; Kitty Panourgia. Springer-Verlag, 2016. pp. 314-319 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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