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ERIC Number: ED294735
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 40
Abstractor: N/A
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Enhancing PIXIE's Tutoring Capabilities.
Moore, J. L.; Sleeman, D.
This paper discusses the overall design of the PIXIE Intelligent Tutoring System, and more specifically a series of recent enhancements. The original system has been implemented to involve three separate phases: the offline, or model generation phase; the online, or tutoring, phase; and the analysis phase. The offline phase, which is completed prior to any interaction with a student, involves the construction of a set of student models for a given domain. The online phase involves the tutorial interaction with a student, consisting of both diagnosis and remediation of errors. During the post-interaction analysis phase, undiagnosed errors are examined and, if consistent, added to the existing domain knowledge base. Four recent enhancements to the system are discussed, each arising from a shortcoming that was noted in the system as a result of student trials. Two of these additions to the system involve the diagnosis of errors, and two involve the remediation of errors. (Author/TW)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Aberdeen Univ. (Scotland). Dept. of Computing Science.
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