Few, however, can analyze live classroom discussion and make real-time changes to their teaching to help struggling students understand the subject matter, something that Kennesaw State University Associate Professor of Science Education Soon Lee and a fellow researcher are seeking to address. “We want to create a system that can accurately predict the discussion type,” said Noh, who teaches in the College of Computing and Software Engineering. “By visualizing patterns in how they communicate with students, teachers can identify where their instructional strategies are or aren’t promoting scientific reasoning,” Lee said. Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia with 11 academic colleges. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 8 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status.