The Effect of Explaining on Learning: a Case Study with a Data Normalization Tutor

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 125, Issue , 2005, Pages 499-506

  Mitrovic, Antonija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; CONSTRAINT-BASED TUTORS; DATA NORMALIZATION; EVALUATION STUDY; IT SUPPORTS; LEARN+; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; SELF EXPLANATIONS; STUDENT KNOWLEDGE;

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EID: 34748844487     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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