AutoTutor: A tutor with dialogue in natural language

被引:236
作者
Graesser, AC [1 ]
Lu, SL [1 ]
Jackson, GT [1 ]
Mitchell, HH [1 ]
Ventura, M [1 ]
Olney, A [1 ]
Louwerse, MM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Memphis, Dept Psychol, Memphis, TN 38152 USA
来源
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS INSTRUMENTS & COMPUTERS | 2004年 / 36卷 / 02期
关键词
Latent Semantic Analysis; Computer Literacy; Intelligent Tutoring System; World Knowledge; Discourse Process;
D O I
10.3758/BF03195563
中图分类号
B841 [心理学研究方法];
学科分类号
040201 ;
摘要
AutoTutor is a learning environment that tutors students by holding a conversation in natural language. AutoTutor has been developed for Newtonian qualitative physics and computer literacy. Its design was inspired by explanation-based constructivist theories of learning, intelligent tutoring systems that adaptively respond to student knowledge, and empirical research on dialogue patterns in tutorial discourse. AutoTutor presents challenging problems (formulated as questions) from a curriculum script and then engages in mixed initiative dialogue that guides the student in building an answer. It provides the student with positive, neutral, or negative feedback on the student's typed responses, pumps the student for more information, prompts the student to fill in missing words, gives hints, fills in missing information with assertions, identifies and corrects erroneous ideas, answers the student's questions, and summarizes answers. AutoTutor has produced learning gains of approximately .70 sigma for deep levels of comprehension.
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页码:180 / 192
页数:13
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