Publications

Journal Publications

JP3 Vanacore, K., Gurung, A., Sales, A., & Heffernan, N. T. (2024, March). The Effect of Assistance on Gamers: Assessing The Impact of On-Demand Hints & Feedback Availability on Learning for Students Who Game the System. In Proceedings of the 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (pp. 462-472).

JP2 Lin, J., Han, Z., Thomas, D. R., Gurung, A., Gupta, S., Aleven, V., & Koedinger, K. R. (2024). How can I get it right? Using GPT to rephrase incorrect trainee responses. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1-27.

JP1 Lee, J. E., Jindal, A., Patki, S. N., Gurung, A., Norum, R., & Ottmar, E. (2024). A comparison of machine learning algorithms for predicting student performance in an online mathematics game. Interactive Learning Environments, 32(9), 5302-5316.

Full Conference Publications
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

CP12 Lin, J., Chen, E., Han, Z., Gurung, A., Thomas, D. R., Tan, W., Nguyen, N.D., & Koedinger, K. R. (2024). How Can I Improve? Using GPT to Highlight the Desired and Undesired Parts of Open-ended Responses. In The Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. (EDM 2024).

CP11 Baral, S., Worden, E., Lim, W. C., Luo, Z., Santorelli, C., Gurung, A., & Heffernanm N. T. (2024). Automated Feedback in Math Education: A Comparative Analysis of LLMs for Open-Ended Responses. 

CP10 Liu, X., Gurung, A., Baker, R. S., & Barany, A. (2024, November). Understanding the Impact of Observer Effects on Student Affect. In International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE 2024)

CP9 Lee, J. E., Ottmar, E., Vanacore, K., Egorova, A., Botelho, A., & Gurung, A. (2024). Investigations into the Effects of Hint Reading Time and Hint Type in a Digital Mathematics Game Through Response Time Decomposition. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 83-90. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

CP8 Gurung, A., Vanacore, K., McReynolds, A. A., Ostrow, K. S., Worden, E. S., Sales, A. C., and Heffernan, N.T. (2024). Multiple Choice vs. Fill-In Problems: The Trade-off Between Scalability and Learning. In The 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK ’24) 

CP7 Vanacore, K.*, Gurung, A.*, Sales, A.C., and Heffernan, N.T. (2024). The Effect of Assistance on Gamers: Assessing The Impact of On-Demand Hints & Feedback Availability on Learning for Students Who Game the System. In The 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2024) 

CP6 Thomas, D. R., Lin, J., Gatz, E., Gurung, A., Gupta, S., Norberg, K., Fancsali, S. E., Aleven, V., Branstetter, L., Brunskill, E., and Koedinger, K.R. (2024). Improving Student Learning with Hybrid Human-AI Tutoring: A Three-Study Quasi-Experimental Investigation. In The 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2024) 

CP5 Gurung, A., Lee, M.P., Baral, S., Vanacore, K.P., McReynolds, A.A., Kreisberg, H., Heffernan, C., Haim, A., Smearsoll, N., & Heffernan, N.T. (2023). How Common are Common Wrong Answers? Exploring Remediation at Scale. In  Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale  (L@S 2023).

CP4 Gurung, A., Baral, S., Vanacore, K.P., McReynolds, A.A., Kreisberg, H., Botelho, A.F., Shaw, S.T., & Heffernan, N.T. (2023). Identification, Exploration, and Remediation: Can Teachers Predict Common Wrong Answers? In LAK23: The 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2023).

CP3 Vanacore, K.P., Gurung, A., McReynolds, A.A., Liu, A., Shaw, S.T., & Heffernan, N.T. (2023). Impact of Non-Cognitive Interventions on Student Learning Behaviors and Outcomes: An analysis of seven large-scale experimental inventions. In LAK23: The 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2023).

CP2 Gurung, A., Botelho, A.F., Thompson, R., Sales, A.C., Baral, S., & Heffernan, N.T. (2022). Considerate, Unfair, or Just Fatigued? Examining Factors that Impact Teachers. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2022).

CP1 Gurung, A., Botelho, A.F., & Heffernan, N.T. (2021). Examining Student Effort on Help Through Response Time Decomposition. In LAK21: The 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2021).

Short Conference Publications
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

SP5 Han, Z. F., Lin, J., Gurung, A., Thomas, D. R., Chen, E., Borchers, C., Gupta, S. & Koedinger, K. R. (2024). Improving assessment of tutoring practices using retrieval-augmented generation. In the 38th Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2024)

SP4 Pradhan, S., Gurung, A., & Ottmar, E. (2024). Gamification and Deadending: Unpacking Performance Impacts in Algebraic Learning. In The 14th Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2024)

SP3 Baral, S., Santhanam, A., Botelho, A.F., Gurung, A., & Heffernan, N.T. (2023). Automated Scoring of Image-based responses to Open-ended mathematics question. In The Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Educational Data Mining. (EDM 2023).

SP2 Lee, M.P., Croteau, E., Gurung, A., Botelho A.F., & Heffernan N.T. (2023). Knowledge Tracing Over Time: A Longitudinal Analysis. In The Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2023).

SP1 Sales, A. C., Prihar, E., Gagnon-Bartsch, J., Gurung, A., & Heffernan, N. T. (2022). More powerful a/b testing using auxiliary data and deep learning. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2022) 

Book Chapters

BC1 Cheng, L., Prihar, E., Baral, S., Gurung, A., Botelho, A.T., Haim, A., Heffernan, C., Patikorn, T., Sales, A., and Heffernan, N.T., Authoring Tools For Crowdsourcing From Teachers To Enhance Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Design Recommendations for Intelligent Tutoring Systems, p.115.

Dissertation

Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Gurung, A. (2023). Exploration of the Various Factors that Facilitate Learning on a Computer-Based Learning Platform (CBLP) (Doctoral dissertation, WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE).

Poster  Publications
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

PP2 Baral, S., Botelho, A.F., Santhanam, A., Gurung, A., Erickson, J., & Heffernan, N.T. (2023). Investigating Patterns of Tone and Sentiment in Teacher Written Feedback Messages. In The 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2023).

PP1 Sales, A., Prihar, E., Gagnon-Bartsch, J., Gurung, A., & Heffernan, N.T. (2022). More Powerful A/B Testing Using Auxiliary Data and Deep Learning. In The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2022).