This paper constitutes a literature review on student modeling for the last decade. The
review aims at answering three basic questions on student modeling: what to model, how …

The development of learner models takes an active part in upcoming adaptive learning
environments. The purpose of learner models is to drive personalization based on learner …

Adaptive learning and personalization have long been of great interest to learning designers
and educators, and recent technological advances that have opened up a range of new …

The objective of this study is to discuss the problems to be come across in new generation
web based educational system designs and the solutions derived for these problems. Some …

One distinctive feature of any adaptive system is the user model that represents essential
information about each user. This chapter complements other chapters of this book in …

Implementing instructional interventions to accommodate learner differences has received
considerable attention. Among these individual difference variables, the empirical evidence …

We investigated what factors would be related to students' achievement in mathematics
courses offered at a virtual high school. This was an attempt to understand why some …

Students are characterized by different learning styles, focusing on different types of
information and processing this information in different ways. One of the desirable …

Recent research on the learning process has shown that students tend to learn in different
ways and that they prefer to use different teaching resources as well. Many researchers …

The growing interest in the use of games and simulations to support learning is evidenced in
the literature, as well as in recent research projects and initiatives. While a focus upon the …