Intelligent tutoring systems with multiple representations and self-explanation prompts support learning of fractions

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 441-448

  Rau, Martina A ^a   Aleven, Vincent ^a   Rummel, Nikol ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractions; Intelligent tutoring systems; Multiple representations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; TEACHING;

FRACTION; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; INTELLIGENT TUTORING; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; LEARNING OUTCOME; MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION; MUST LINKS; SELF EXPLANATIONS; SUPPORT LEARNING; TUTORING SYSTEM;

STUDENTS;

EID: 73149113750     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-028-5-441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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