Using Item Response Theory (IRT) to select hints in an ITS

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 158, Issue , 2007, Pages 213-221

  Timms, Michael J ^a  

^a WestEd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ERROR FEEDBACK; INTELLIGENT TUTORING; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE; PROBLEM-SOLVING; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TUTORING SYSTEM;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67650222377     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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