Ivon Arroyo

Current Research
A true inter-disciplinarian, Dr. Arroyo’s research bridges Learning Sciences, Computer Science, Data Science, and Educational/Cognitive Psychology. Her expertise is in the design and implementation of novel technologies for learning and assessment for mathematics and Computational Thinking, 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 in real time, and report strengths and weaknesses (in real time) to the teacher, as students are working on computers or mobile devices. Her group also works on Wearable Learning, the use of mobile electronic devices to enable multi-player educational  math games/activities that can be implemented in classrooms or Afterschool programs, indoors or outdoors, involving embodied, hands-on and physical learning—integrating math concepts such as measurement/geometry, gestures, and physical movement. Dr. Arroyo enjoys teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level because of the opportunity to impart knowledge and skills to students, as well as mentor a new generation of Learning Scientists that have dual strengths in computation and core learning sciences, allowing for an invaluable combination of technological innovation with theoretical knowledge of how people learn.

Learn more at Arroyo Research Group

Academic Background

2010-2015 Senior Research Scientist, Computer Sc. Department, UMass Amherst
2007-2010 Research Scientist, Computer Science Department, UMass Amherst
2003-2007 Postdoc, Computer Science, UMass Amherst
2003 EdD Mathematics and Science Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2000 MS Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
1995 Licenciatura en Informática, Universidad Blas Pascal, Cordoba, Argentina (Equivalent to BS/MS in Computer Science)