Individualizing tutoring with learning style based feedback

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5091 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-301

  Parvez, Shahida M ^a   Blank, Glenn D ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

CS1; Feedback; Intelligent tutoring system; Learning styles; Pedagogical module; Unified modeling language; User model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FEEDBACK; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; LEARNING STYLE; MODEL DIMENSIONS; PEDAGOGICAL MODULE; PROBLEM DESCRIPTION; USER MODELING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349869462     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69132-7_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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