Learning how to solve linear equations by teaching the computer: Development and formative evaluation

Most Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) are designed in such a way that the system's (teacher's) role is active and the learner's role is passive. This study reverses this trend so that students function as active learners who are guided to learn by teaching a computer. For the task of solving linear equations, the study was run on a system that is a hybrid of Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI) and peer tutoring: Linear Kid. In this learning environment, three agents come into play in the peer tutoring stage: the student, the computer learner and the computer coach. After the students watch how the computer system solves a set of tasks, Linear Kid helps the student act as a teacher in order to learn more about the subject matter. Linear Kid is designed by employing a term-rewriting system based on a production system architecture. To provide user feedback, the system matches the student's responses with the correct rules of an expert by adopting a simplified version of an overlay model as a student model.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Jun, Youngcook

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dennis, J. Richard
• Bruce, Bertram C.

• Education, Teacher Training
• Education, Technology of
• Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Jun, Youngcook

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543616
(UMI)AAI9543616

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23418