1st Edition

Toward Trustworthy Adaptive Learning Explainable Learner Models

By Bo Jiang Copyright 2025
234 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers an in-depth exploration of explainable learner models, presenting theoretical foundations and practical applications in the context of educational AI. It aims to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of how these models can enhance adaptive learning systems. Chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the development and optimization of explainable learner... Read more

Table of Contents

Preface 

Authors

Contributors

Section I. Explainable Learner Models: An Overview

1.     Trustworthy AI for Adaptive Learning

2.     Explainable Learner Models: Concepts, Classifications, and Datasets

3.     Construction and Interpretation of Explainable Models: A Case Study on BKT

Section II. Research on Ante-hoc Explainability Learner Models

4.     Interpretable Cognitive State Prediction via Temporal Fuzzy Cognitive Map

5.     Improving the performance and explainability of knowledge tracing via Markov blanket

6.     Knowledge Tracing within Single Programming Practice Using Problem-Solving Process Data

Section III. Research on Post-hoc Explainability Learner Models

7.     Understanding the relationship between computational thinking and computational participation

8.     Understanding students’ backtracking behaviour in digital textbooks: a data-driven perspective

Section IV. Toward Trustworthy Adaptive Learning

9.     Frameworks for Explainable Learner Models

10.  Frameworks for Trustworthy AI for Adaptive Learning

Index

Biography

Bo Jiang is an associate professor at East China Normal University, China. His research interests include intelligent tutoring technologies, computational thinking education, and AI education. He holds academic positions as an executive committee member of the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) and a youth committee member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence.