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Designing Agents to Support Learning by Explaining
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Holmes, Jeffrey – Computers and Education, 2007
Although prior research has shown that generating explanations encourages students to learn new content with deeper understanding and to monitor their own comprehension more effectively, helping students learn how to explain properly remains a significant challenge. This study investigated the use of software agents as learning partners in an…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Investigations, Computer Software, Educational Experiments