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Publication Date: 2014
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A Dynamically Adaptive TutorIT Tutorial in Basic Statistics
Nowak, Elena
Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, v9 n4 p241-251 2014
This study examined the effectiveness of a dynamically adaptive TutorIT tutorial for graduate students' learning of basic statistical skills and their attitudes toward this tutorial. Fifteen in-service teachers interacted with the tutorial. As hypothesized, all who completed the tutorial demonstrated mastery. However, the class differed dramatically in their readiness for the material. 46.6% of the teachers could not finish the tutorial. The tutorial completion rates were considerably lower among teachers with a non-mathematical background. A follow-up analysis of the tutorial question difficulty ratings revealed that higher thinking level questions were too complex. Future research should represent the knowledge to-be-acquired hierarchically to make contact with the weakest student prerequisites.
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Statistics, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Learning Readiness, Programming, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Background, Online Courses, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mastery Learning, Skill Development, Difficulty Level
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