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Code Tutor

open access: yesProceedings 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Technologies, 2004
This paper describes architecture, design, and implementation of Code Tutor, a Web-based intelligent tutoring system. Code Tutor was designed as a Web-classroom client-server system, is ontologically founded, and was built using modern intelligent and Web-related technologies.
Goran Simic, Vladan Devedzic
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Tutoring the Tutors: Supporting Effective Personal Tutoring

Active Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The research into personal tutoring in higher education from a tutor’s perspective suggests that tutors lack training in tutoring and may lack clarity as to the purpose and boundaries of the role. This article explores personal tutors’ perceptions of their confidence and competence in relation to personal tutoring and identifies strategies that might ...
exaly   +2 more sources

To Tutor or Not to Tutor: That is the Question

2009
Intelligent tutoring systems often rely on interactive tutored problem solving to help students learn math, which requires students to work through problems step-by-step while the system provides help and feedback. This approach has been shown to be effective in improving student performance in numerous studies. However, tutored problem solving may not
Leena M. Razzaq, Neil T. Heffernan
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Write Tutor

2011 IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education, 2011
The article addresses the technical principles of a new interactive Robotic device, called Write Tutor, and gives an overview of its application. In spite of the various measures and efforts taken in terms of improving literacy rate we still have a major section of the population who are not able to read and write.
Chembian Parthiban, Rishikesan Parthiban
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Peer tutoring and tutor training

Educational Research, 1991
Summary Tutor training is crucial to the effectiveness of peer tutoring programmes, but little research has been undertaken in comparing different types of training. Two studies are reported which explore the relative impact of ‘non‐elaborated’ training in the procedures necessary for carrying out the task, and ‘elaborated’ training in which the ...
Anne‐Marie Barron, Hugh Foot
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Peer‐tutoring: what’s in it for the tutor?

Educational Studies, 2010
Drawing on role theory and socio‐constructivist ideas about learning, this study explores how peer‐tutoring can support tutors’ learning. The sample comprised ten 16–17‐year‐old biology tutors, working with twenty‐one 14–15‐year‐old students from a science class over eight weeks.
Jonathan Galbraith, Mark Winterbottom
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The trigonometry tutor

2005
This paper describes a tutor which teaches students trigonometric problem solving. We first discuss approaches others have adopted for teaching mathematics and comment on their usefulness in trigonometry. We later present a task analysis of trigonometry, based on an experiment we conducted.
Parvati Rajan   +3 more
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Tutoring for retention

Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, 2011
Peer tutoring is a simple, low-cost intervention that can be implemented in CS1/2 courses. It is hypothesized that peer tutoring helps students build a sense of community, succeed in course work, and build confidence to take further courses in the major.
Joseph A. Cottam   +2 more
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The UNIX Tutor

1992
This paper describes a novel system that provides help to those learning how to use the UNIX operating system. The system, known as the UNIX Tutor, consists of a hypertext browsing component combined with a knowledge-based instructional component. The knowledge-based component monitors the student, records his progress, selects suitable exercises and ...
Huaiqing Wang, Andre Kushniruk
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