Responding to student uncertainty in spoken tutorial dialogue systems

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-194

  Pon Barry, Heather ^a   Schultz, Karl ^a   Bratt, Elizabeth Owen ^a   Clark, Brady ^a   Peters, Stanley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Spoken interaction; Tutor language; Tutorial dialogue systems; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013577581     PISSN: 15604292     EISSN: 15604306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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