Claudia Gama

Ph.D. Thesis: "Integrating Metacognition Instruction in Interactive Learning Environments"

Download the chapters of my doctoral thesis dissertation (Defended in June 2004)

• Abstract and Index
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Metacognition and Reflection
• Chapter 3 - Metacognition in Interactive Learning Environments
• Chapter 4 - The Reflection Assistant Model
• Chapter 5 - The Domain in MIRA: Algebra Words Problems
• Chapter 6 - A Typical Learning Session in MIRA
• Chapter 7 - The Design of MIRA
• Chapter 8 - Experimental Study of MIRA
• Chapter 9 - Conclusion: Lessons Learned
• Bibliography
• Appendix A - Algebra Word Problems
• Appendix B - MIRA: Technical Documentation
• Appendix C- Experiment Analysis: Graphs and Tables
• Appendix D - Experiment Materials

Or you can download the whole thesis document in one file

Academic Qualifications

• 2005 - Ph.D. in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence in Education
  University of Sussex, England

• 1996 - MSc. in Systems Engineering and Computing
  COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil

• 1992 - BSc. in Computer Science
  Federal University of Bahia - UFBA, Brazil

Recent Profissional Activities (2002-2006)

• Nov. 2006 - Present: Research Assistant at CSLP - Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance ( Concordia University) in the EPearl Project

• 1994 - Present: Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science - UFBA (in leave of absence from June, 2006)

• June 2005 - March 2006: Coordinator of the Computer Science Undergradute Course- UFBA

• 2004 - 2006: Coordinator of the Reserach Group TISA - Intelligent Technologies for Learning Support

• 2004-2006: Leader of the reserch project I-MIRA (Intelligent Metacognitive Instruction with a Reflective Approach) I-Mira

Courses recently taught:(2002-2006)

• Introdution to Logic and Programming
• Computers and Society

Honours and Awards

• 2005 - Best Doctoral Thesis in Computers in Education Award from the Brazilian Computer Society: 1st prize. Thesis defended in 2004.
• 2004 - Honour Mention in the Young Researchers Program at UFBA for the work "MIRA with Fuzzy Logic" from Amadeu Barbosa Jr (undergradute student) and Claudia Gama (supervisor)

Contact

Recently moved to Montreal, Canada (personnal contact: gamaclaudia@gmail.com)

Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance
Education Department
Concordia University, 1455, de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
S-LB-659-6
Montreal, Quebec H3G? 1M8
Tel:+1(514) 848-2424, ext: 5922
cgama@education.concordia.ca

Universidade Federal da Bahia
Rua Adhemar de Barros s/n Campus de Ondina
Instituto de Matemática, sala 213
Salvador - BA - Brazil 40170-110
Tel:+55 71 263 6293
claudiag@ufba.br