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This work is part of our commitment to create effective learning environments based on learning science and prove their effectiveness through research and constant iterative improvement.

Research Areas

The Doer Effect: Practice Causes Learning

The Doer Effect is the learning science principle that students who do practice as they read (learn by doing) have higher learning gains than those who only read. In this video, Dr. Rachel Van Campenhout, Ed.D., explains how we created an unprecedented scaling of the Doer Effect with Bookshelf CoachMe®.

 

Recent Publications

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2025
Open-Ended Questions Need Personalized Feedback: Analyzing LLM-Enabled Features with Student Data

Second Workshop on Automated Evaluation of Learning and Assessment Content at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Bill Jerome, Michelle W. Clark, Benny G. Johnson (2025)
Automatic Question Generation
2025
Reducing Achievement Gaps: Exploring How Learning by Doing Can Support Diverse Student Success

The Seventeenth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning

profile Martha Hubertz, Patsy Moskal, Rachel Van Campenhout, Benny G. Johnson (2025)
Doer Effect
2025
Scaling Effective Characteristics of ITSs: A Preliminary Analysis of LLM-Based Personalized Feedback

International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Benny G. Johnson (2025)
Doer Effect Automatic Question Generation
2025
Learn by doing: An exploration of AI-generated formative practice 

2025 ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

profile Rachel Van Campenhout , Benny G. Johnson , Michelle Clark (2025)
Doer Effect Automatic Question Generation
2025
Refining sentence selection for automatic cloze question generation with large language models 

2025 ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

profile Rachel Van Campenhout , Benny G. Johnson , Jeffrey S. Dittel  (2025)
Automatic Question Generation
2025
Scaling the Doer Effect: A replication analysis using AI-generated questions

2025 ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

profile Rachel Van Campenhout ,Kevin S. Autry,  Michelle W. Clark , Benny G. Johnson  (2025)
Doer Effect Automatic Question Generation Instructor Implementation
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