- G. Gweon, C. Rosé, Regan F. Carey, Z. Zaiss. 2005. Towards Data-Driven Design of a Peer Collaborative Agent. Abstract: The research literature investigating the construction of tutorial dialogue and learning companion environments present parallel experiences in attempting to emulate what has been observed to be effective in human-human scenarios. We argue that what is needed as a next step is a careful investigation using controlled experimentation to construct a causal model of how specific features of an agent's behavior influence an individual student's behavior and learning. We outline our research agenda and results from a recent study illustrating our methodology.
