Accelerated Future Learning via Explicit Instruction of a Problem Solving Strategy

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 158, Issue , 2007, Pages 409-416

  Chi, Min ^a   Vanlehn, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Inter domain transfer; Problem solving Strategy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

BACKWARD CHAINING; DOMAIN INDEPENDENTS; DOMAIN TRANSFERS; INTELLIGENT TUTORING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; INTER-DOMAIN; INTER-DOMAIN TRANSFER; PROBLEM-SOLVING; PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY; TUTORING SYSTEM;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 70349879278     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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