This thesis illustrates and evaluates a generic adaptive tutoring environment based on the theory of cognitive skill acquisition. The theory concerns acquiring problem-solving abilities in intellectual tasks, and emphasises the learning benefits of providing multiple examples and encouraging students to recognize and study their common structure. The system teaches by presenting side-by-side examples and providing devices to highlight their structural components. The purpose of the design is to assist the process of generalisation and reduce mapping by surface features, allowing students to apply their newly gained knowledge to different sets of problems. The study describes the development of Structural Example-based Adaptive Tutoring System (SEATS), which uses a simple adaptive engine and emphasises the structures of side-by-side examples to encourage students to compare them. / thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2001.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/173400 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Davidovic, Aleksandar |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | © 2001 submitted Aleksandar Davidovic |
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