A problem solving oriented intelligent tutoring system to improve students' acquisition of basic computer skills

作者：Wang, Dongqing; Han, Hou; Zhan, Zehui; Xu, Jun^*; Liu, Quanbo; Ren, Guangjie

来源：Computers & Education, 2015, 81: 102-112.

DOI：10.1016/j.compedu.2014.10.003

• Intelligent tutoring systems
• Interactive learning environments
• Applications in subject areas
• Improving classroom teaching

Personalization and intelligent tutor are two key factors in the research on learning environment. Intelligent tutoring system (ITS), which can imitate the human teachers' actions to implement one-to-one personalized teaching to some extent, is an effective tool for training the ability of problem solving. This research firstly discusses the concepts and methods of designing problem solving oriented ITS, and then develops the current iTutor based on the extended model of ITS. At last, the research adopts a quasi-experimental design to investigate the effectiveness of iTutor in skills acquisition. The results indicate that students in iTutor group experience better learning effectiveness than those in the control group. iTutor is found to be effective in improving the learning effectiveness of students with low-level prior knowledge.

• 出版日期2015-2
• 单位华南师范大学