: In this paper we present two computational approaches that can be used characterize and measure online threaded discussions and demonstrate that they can objectively validate stu...
We present a preventive model of tutoring for novice programming derived from a human corpus and describe our intelligent tutoring system PROPL embodying that model. The system co...
While human tutors typically interact with students using spoken dialogue, most computer dialogue tutors are text-based. We have conducted two experiments comparing typed and spoke...
The present work investigates the problem of determining a learning path inside a suitable domain ontology. The proposed approach enables the user of a web learning application to ...
Roberto Pirrone, Massimo Cossentino, Giovanni Pila...
When implementing a tutoring system that attempts a deep understanding of students’ natural language explanations, there are three basic approaches to choose between; symbolic, i...