Psychiatric Tutors

Authoring Knowledge Based Tutors

While intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs), also called knowledge based tutors, are becoming more common and proving to be increasingly effective, each one must still be built from scratch at a significant cost. We have developed domain independent tools for authoring all aspects of a knowledge based tutor: the domain model, the teaching strategies, the student model, and the learning environmen...

Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned

This article reviews the 10-year history of tutor development based on the advanced computer tutoring (ACT) theory (J. R. Anderson, 1983, 1993). We developed production system models in ACT of how students solved problems in LISP, geometry, and algebra. Computer tutors were developed around these cognitive models. Construction of these tutors was guided by a set of eight principles loosely base...

The role of clinical tutors.

Software Tutors for Dialogue Systems

We have used text, graphics and non-speech audio to tutor new users in a spoken dialogue system. The guidance is given by a software tutor, a software component that interactively tutors the user. Four different variations of tutoring were implemented and experiences were collected from user tests in order to gain insights into these tutoring concepts. Real-time visualization of speech interact...

Rapid Dialogue and Branching Tutors

The technology used as part of the Tools for Rapid Automated Development of Expert Models (TRADEM) project has been featured at a number of conferences and publications throughout its creation and development. As a part of these efforts, it has been integrated with the Generalized Intelligent Framework for Tutoring (GIFT) in two fashions: branching, using the Engine for Management of Adaptive P...