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Ivon Arroyo

About Professor Arroyo

A true hybrid across disciplines, professor Arroyo specializes in Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Educational/Cognitive Psychology. Her expertise is in the design of learning and assessment technologies for mathematics, for students throughout the K-12 level. 

 

She and her team create intelligent tutoring systems that automatically assess students’ math skills, affective states and metacognitive states, respond to students on the spot, and report strengths and weaknesses (for the whole class and each student) in real time to the teacher, as students are working on the computer. 

 

Her group has also created E-Textiles, electronic sweatshirts that enable educational math games in the playground or the gym, involving physical learning --measurement, gesturing and physical movement.

 

She enjoys teaching both because it allows for opportunity to impart knowledge and skills to students, as well as mentor a new generation of Learning Scientists that have a dual strengths in computation and core learning sciences,  allowing for an invaluable combination of technological innovation with theoretical knowledge of how people learn.

Education

Ed.D. in Math and Science Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

M.S. in Computer Science

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

B.S. in Computer Science 

(Licenciatura en Informática) 

Universidad Blas Pascal, Cordoba, Argentina.

Professional Info

Associate Professor, Social Science & Policy Studies

Learning Sciences and Technologies

 

Affiliated with:

Computer Science

 

Affiliated with:

Interactive Media & Game Development

 

Also affiliated with the:

Center for Knowledge Communication,   UMASS Amherst

Classes Taught at WPI

SS590.  Educational Data Mining

Fall 2014.  Wednesdays at 4PM. 

PSY 520. Metacognition, Motivation and Affect

Fall 2013. Tuesdays at 4PM.

PSY 1401. Cognitive Psychology

Fall 2014. Tuesdays and Fridays, 3-4:50 PM.

PSY 502. Learning Environments in Education

Spring 2013. Wednesdays at 4PM.

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