Guanzing, Jacob Christian P.

EECE100-1
Paper: Using Support Vector Machines to Classify Student Attentiveness for the Development of Personalized
Learning Systems
Manus Ross, Corey A. Graves, John W. Campbell, Jung H. Kim

Original Text Author’s Version Plagiarism Case

(From the Reference)
1. Eye and head pose
tracking have also been
used to determine
student attentiveness [5]
(From the Article)
1. Simple web camera to detect and
track the head, eye and hand
movements and provides an
estimation of the level of interest
and engagement
/ Comments
1. The paper gathers two out of
three types of movements
given by the author/s on
Reference [5]. Since it was
properly cited, there is no
plagiarism.

2. Facial expressions 2. Recognition of students' facial 2. There is some poor

have been used to expressions can be used to paraphrasing on this. The
infer student understand their level of information conveyed by
attentiveness for attention both statements are too direct
computer network when compared side by side.
courses [6].

3. Researchers have
developed
personalized e-
learning systems
based on Genetic
algorithms (GA) and
case-based reasoning
(CBR) [8].
3. The genetic algorithm (GA)
and case-based reasoning
(CBR) are employed to
construct an optimal learning
path for each learner
3. While the paper says that the
algorithms were developed,
implying that it is still have
room for improvement, the
authors rather tell that the
algorithms were very
effective already.

[5] S. Asteriadis, P. Tzouveli, K. Karpouzis, and S. Kollias, “Estimation of behavioral user state based on eye
gaze and head pose-application in an e-learning environment,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 41, no.
3, pp. 469–493, 2009.
[6] H.-R. Chen, “Assessment of learners’ attention to e-learning by monitoring facial expressions for computer
network courses,” Journal of
[8] M.-J. Huang, H.-S. Huang, and M.-Y. Chen, “Constructing a personalized e-learning system based on
genetic algorithm and casebased reasoning approach,” Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 33, no. 3, pp.
551–564, 2007.