Teaching Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming in a Competitive Environment

Motivation plays a key role in the learning process. This paper describes an experience in the context of undergraduate teaching of Artificial Intelligence at the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Porto. A sophisticated competition framework, which involved...

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Published in:Informatics in education Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 85 - 100
Main Authors: Ribeiro, Pedro, Ferreira, Michel, Simões, Hugo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 01.01.2009
Vilnius University Press
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Vilnius University
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
CAI
College faculty
College students
Competition
competitive learning
Computer assisted instruction
Computer science
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Education
Exact sciences and technology
Expert systems
Games
General aspects
Logic programming
Motivation
Occupational training. Personnel. Work management
Optimism
Prolog
Prolog (programming language)
Software
Students
Teaching
teaching frameworks
Porto Portugal
Portugal
logic programming
teaching frameworks
competitive learning
education
artificial intelligence
Programming environment
Competitiveness
Logical programming
Teaching
University
Education
User interface
News
PROLOG
Artificial intelligence
ISSN:1648-5831, 2335-8971
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Summary:Motivation plays a key role in the learning process. This paper describes an experience in the context of undergraduate teaching of Artificial Intelligence at the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Porto. A sophisticated competition framework, which involved Prolog programmed contenders and game servers, including an appealing GUI, was developed to motivate students on the deepening of the topics covered in class. We report on the impact that such a competitive setup caused on students’ commitment, which surpassed our most optimistic expectations.
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ISSN:1648-5831
2335-8971
DOI:10.15388/infedu.2009.06