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To improve the effectiveness of group learning in general, and to address in particular opportunities for educational games, this chapter introduces a technique to match users by considering homogeneous and heterogeneous criteria for matching. First, the chapter identifies the requirements for the algorithmic design, based on the findings from related work analysis and the Group Formation Problem (Sect. 2.1.3). Second, the modeling of matching criteria is derived (Sect. 6.1) and metrics for the group formation algorithm are developed (Sect. 6.2). This includes the proposal of three matching algorithms, and the metrics of GPI and CPI, which fulfill the defined requirements. Finally, the approach towards optimization is discussed and algorithms are designed to optimize the cohorts and handle incremental updates. Details about the corresponding conceptualized API methods can be found in Sect. A.1.
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Konert, J. (2015). Peer Group Formation for Learning. In: Interactive Multimedia Learning. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10256-6_6
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