Albert T. Corbett Explained

Albert T. Corbett
Nationality:	American
Field:	Cognitive psychology, human–computer interaction
Work Institutions:	Carnegie Mellon University, University of South Carolina
Alma Mater:	Brown University, University of Oregon (PhD)

Albert T. Corbett is an associate research professor emeritus of human–computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University.^[1] He is widely known for his role in the development of the Cognitive Tutor software,^[2] leading to one article with over 1,000 citations.^[3] Along with John Robert Anderson, he developed the Bayesian knowledge tracing algorithm, which is used in Cognitive Tutor software.^[4] This work has been particularly influential in the educational data mining community—over half of the EDM conference papers published in 2011 and 2012 cited Bayesian knowledge-tracing.^{[5] [6]} Corbett studied psychology at Brown University, and obtained a doctorate in psychology from the University of Oregon.^[7] His doctoral advisor was Wayne Wickelgren.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Cognitive Tutor
• Learning sciences
• ACT-R
• John Robert Anderson (psychologist)
• Kenneth Koedinger

Current papers

• Corbett, A.T. and Anderson, J.R. (2001). "Locus of feedback control in computer-based tutoring: Impact on learning rate, achievement and attitudes." Proceedings of ACM CHI'2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 245–252.
• Corbett, A.T., McLaughlin, M.S., Scarpinatto, K.C. and Hadley, W.S. (2000). "Analyzing and Generating Mathematical Models: An Algebra II Cognitive Tutor Design Study. Intelligent tutoring systems": Proceedings of the Fifth international conference, ITS'2000, 314–323.
• Corbett, A.T. and Trask, H. (2000). "Instructional interventions in computer-based tutoring: Differential impact on learning time and accuracy." Proceedings of ACM CHI'2000 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 97–104.
• Baker R.S., Corbett A.T., Koedinger K.R. (2002) "The Resilience of Overgeneralization of Knowledge about Data Representations." Presented at American Educational Research Association Conference
• Baker R.S., Corbett A.T., Koedinger K.R. (2001) "Toward a Model of Learning Data Representations." Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society Conference, 45–50.
• Mathan, S., Koedinger, K.R., Corbett, A., & Hyndman, A. (2000). "Effective strategies for bridging gulfs between users and computer systems." In Proceedings of HCI-Aero 2000: International Conference on Human Computer Interaction in Aeronautics. (pp. 197–202). Toulouse, France.
• Corbett, A.T., McLaughlin, M.S. and Scarpinatto, K.C. (2000). "Modeling student knowledge: Cognitive tutors in high school and college. User modeling and user-adapted interaction", 10, 81–108.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HCII Webpage . 2011 . 2011-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720225330/http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/people/faculty. 20 July 2011 . live.
2. News: IF 2X + 4X = 7X, THIS TUTORING SOFTWARE CAN HELP. Philadelphia Inquirer . October 15, 1998 . 18 August 2011.
3. J. Anderson . A. Corbett . K. Koedinger . R. Pelletier . Cognitive tutors: Lessons learned. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 4 . 2. 167–207. 1995. 10.1207/s15327809jls0402_2.
4. A. Corbett . J. Anderson . Knowledge tracing: Modeling the acquisition of procedural knowledge. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction. 4 . 4. 253–278. 1995. 10.1007/bf01099821. 19228797 .
5. Web site: EDM 2011 published proceedings . 2011 . 2011-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726020813/http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2011/proceedings-2. 26 July 2011 . live.
6. Web site: EDM 2012 published proceedings . 2012 . 2012-07-03.
7. Web site: Corbett CV . 2011 . 2011-08-20.
8. Web site: Albert Corbett Personal Webpage . 2018 . 2018-02-07.
9. Web site: PACT . 2018 . 2018-02-07.