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Deployment and Evaluation of an AI-Augmented Tutoring Application in a Classroom Setting
Deployment and Evaluation of an AI-Augmented Tutoring Application in a Classroom Setting
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Hurt, Josh Taylor
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Linsey, Julie
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Mechanix is an online application created by the sketch recognition lab at Texas A&M. The application assists student understanding of sketching Free Body Diagrams, through the use of an AI augmented drawing surface used to assist in automated tutoring and grading of subjects that employ FBDs. Deployed at 5 universities across the United states, the evaluation of the impacts of the application has been conducted by members of the iDREEM lab under the advisement of Dr. Julie Linsey. Through the course of the experiment, the application has been shown to have an equal effect as traditional homework methods on student understanding of most engineering concepts related to statics and Dynamics. It has also been shown that the application has a net positive effect on students application of difficult engineering concepts, especially related to open ended design problems.
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2021-07-27
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