We've recently concluded a classroom study in Japan on our "Mindful Math" Tutor, an LLM-embedded ITS that uses mindful language and messages to guide students learn algebra while calming down their math anxiety. If interested in testing/using/collaborating let me know! tomonag.org/mindfulmath/

Existing virtual agents are either teacher agents or "good" learner agents who follow your instruction. What if agents make mistakes? What about dishonest agents? Excited to share my student's @acm-idc.bsky.social work on codesigning trustworthy agents w/ Armenian(!) kids dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Back to work after 2 weeks of holidays and work trips in Japan 🇯🇵 - it was the first time since we moved to Germany. The kids enjoyed the "new" culture, but then we all got flu during the stay 🤒...

Hi bluesky! im an interdisciplinary researcher in Learning Science, HCI, & CogSci, co-designing advanced tech with ed stakeholders to support students' adaptive expertise, SRL, & cognitive learning in STEM. Example? This recent work supports students' choice making in algebra algespace.sic.saarland