James C. Lester

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
280 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

James C. Lester is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, James C. Lester has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 134 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 87 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in James C. Lester's work include Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (93 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (90 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (75 papers). James C. Lester is often cited by papers focused on Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (93 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (90 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (75 papers). James C. Lester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. James C. Lester's co-authors include Bradford Mott, Jonathan Rowe, W. Lewis Johnson, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Brian Stone, Hiller A. Spires, Roxana Moreno, Richard E. Mayer, Eric Wiebe and Scott McQuiggan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

James C. Lester

264 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Case for Social Agency in Computer-Based Teaching: Do... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2001 1997 2018 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

James C. Lester
Comparison fields: 5 of 128
  • Artificial Intelligence 3.0k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.6k
  • Computer Science Applications 1.7k
  • Social Psychology 1.0k
  • Education 965
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All Works

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Enhancing Student Competency Models for Game-Based Learning with a Hybrid Stealth Assessment Framework.
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The Affective Impact of Tutor Questions: Predicting Frustration and Engagement.
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When to Intervene: Toward a Markov Decision Process Dialogue Policy for Computer Science Tutoring.
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Evaluating the Effects of Natural Language Generation Techniques on Reader Satisfaction
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Realtime generation of customized 3D animated explanations for knowledge-based learning environments
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Developing and empirically evaluating robust explanation generators: the KNIGHT experiments
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Scaling up explanation generation: large-scale knowledge bases and empirical studies
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