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Forming Student Groups with Student Preferences Using Constraint Logic Programming

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Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications (AIMSA 2016)

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Forming student groups must be carefully planned for a successful collaborative work. Since there is no consensus in the literature and in practice as to the strategy and parameters to use, a strategy that takes the teachers’ and the students’ perspectives was developed in this preliminary study. Furthermore, a program based on this strategy was also written using Constraint Logic Programming (CLP). The parameters and conditions to use were obtained through a faculty survey and student interviews. Based on the results, the faculty does not regard teammate preferences as important while students prefer that these are given the utmost consideration. Thus, cohorts produced are not only evaluated based on satisfied constraints but also on satisfied teammate preferences. Hence, the study demonstrates not only that CLP can be applied in the field of computer-supported group formation but also that a grouping strategy can both include parameter constraints and teammate preferences.

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Acknowledgments

This work is an extension of the paper originally reported in the Proceedings of the 15 th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies [15].

This research has been funded by the University Research Council of the Ateneo de Davao University.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Ateneo de Davao University, Roxas Avenue, 8016, Davao, Philippines

    Grace Tacadao & Ramon Prudencio Toledo

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  1. Winston-Salem State University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Christo Dichev

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Tacadao, G., Toledo, R.P. (2016). Forming Student Groups with Student Preferences Using Constraint Logic Programming. In: Dichev, C., Agre, G. (eds) Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications. AIMSA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9883. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44748-3_25

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