A preliminary study of a general model for supporting tutorial dialogues

dc.contributor.authorWeerasinghe, A.
dc.contributor.authorMitrovic, A.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, B.
dc.contributor.conference16th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2008) (27 Nov 2008 - 30 Nov 2008 : Taipei, Taiwan)
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractOne of the critical factors contributing to the effectiveness of human tutoring is the conversational aspect of the instruction. We present a project with the goal of developing a general model for supporting tutorial dialogues that could be used in both well- and ill-defined instructional tasks. We have previously studied how human tutors provide additional support to students learning with an existing intelligent tutoring system. On the basis of these findings we developed a model for supporting tutorial dialogues, which we present in this paper. We used this model in a Wizard-of-Oz study to provide adaptive support. The results show that students did learn the relevant domain knowledge and that human tutors mostly agreed with the interventions generated from the model.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAmali Weerasinghe, Antonija Mitrovic and Brent Martin
dc.identifier.citationProceedings - ICCE 2008: 16th International Conference on Computers in Education, 2008, pp.125-132
dc.identifier.isbn9789868473522
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/88314
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.subjecttutorial dialogues; constraint-based tutors
dc.titleA preliminary study of a general model for supporting tutorial dialogues
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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