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Mitchell, P. David; Grogono, Peter D. – Computers and Education, 1993
Discusses the relationships between knowledge structure, teachers, and learners. Implications for designing an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) are considered; and it is argued that an ITS must model the world, the learner, and teacher-learner interaction to be successful. Experiments conducted to assess the practical usefulness of several…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Epistemology, Expert Systems, Individual Differences
Jonassen, David H.; And Others – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1993
Discusses constructivist uses of production rule expert systems that may be used to support learning for secondary and higher education. Highlights include locus of control; and objectivist and constructivist applications of expert systems as intelligent tutoring systems, as feedback systems, as personal knowledge representation tools, and for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Expert Systems, Feedback
Heift, Trude; Toole, Janine – 2002
This paper provides an overview of Student Modeling techniques that have been employed in Intelligent Languages Tutoring Systems (ILTSs) over the past decade. It further discusses the Student Model of the English-as-a-Second-Languages (ESL) Tutor, an ILTS for ESL. The Student Model is based on student subject matter performance and provides…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Expert Systems, Individualized Instruction
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Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; Hargrave, Connie, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1991
This volume contains 57 papers and 1 symposium, consisting of an introduction and 4 papers. The topics discussed range from the instructional effectiveness of various presentation formats and media to the social foundations of educational computing and school restructuring. Cognitive theory and several design theories are also addressed. Research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education