Toward inquiry-based education through interacting software agents

Computer

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Atkins, Daniel E ^a,b,c,d   Birmingham, William P ^a,e,f   Durfee, Edmund H ^a,g   Glover, Eric J ^a   Mullen, Tracy ^a,h,i   Rundensteiner, Elke A ^a,j   Soloway, Elliot ^a,k   Vidal, José M ^a,l,m   Wallace, Raven ^a   Wellman, Michael P ^a,l,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b School of Information

^c Kellogg Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IEEE

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^l MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ University of Michigan   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUERY LANGUAGES; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL LIBRARY; DISTRIBUTED AGENT ARCHITECTURE; INQUIRY BASED EDUCATION; INTERACTING SOFTWARE AGENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030150365     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2.494084     Document Type: Article

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