Can an intelligent tutoring system predict math proficiency as well as a standardized test?

Educational Data Mining 2008 - 1st International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-116

  Feng, Mingyu ^a   Beck, Joseph ^a   Heffernan, Neil ^a   Koedinger, Kenneth ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELP SEEKING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; RESPONSE DATA; STUDENT MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA MINING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FORECASTING; STUDENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 68149183511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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