Qualitative Reasoning and Articulate Software

Using qualitative hysics to build articulate software for thermodynamics education

One of the original motivations for research in qualitative physics was the development of intelligent tutoring systems and learning environments for physical domains and complex systems. This paper demonstrates how a synergistic combination of qualitative physics and other AI techniques can be used to create an intelligent learning environment for students learning to analyze and design thermo...

Using Qualitative Physics to Create Articulate Educational Software

SEARCH IN QUALITATIVE PHYSics has many motivations, ranging from improving ourunderstanding ofhuman cog nition to making new kinds of software systems for various applications . In particular, creating new kinds of educational software has been a motivation for qualitative physics since its inception. 1,2 This goal is now beginning to be realized, thanks to advances in qualitative physics and c...

Using Qualitative Physics to Build Articulate Software for Thermodynamics Education

One of the original motivations for research in qualitative physics was the development of intelligent tutoring systems and learning environments for physical domains and complex systems. This paper demonstrates how a synergistic combination of qualitative physics and other AI techniques can be used to create an intelligent learning environment for students learning to analyze and design thermo...

Articulate Software for Science and Engineering Education

Using Qualitative Physics to Build Articulate Software for Thermodynamics Education: A Preliminary Report

Using Qualitative Physics to Build Articulate Software for Thermodynamics Education: A Preliminary Report Kenneth D. Forbus a & Peter B. Whalley b a Qualitative Reasoning Group, The Institute for the Learning Sciences , Northwestern University , 1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA E-mail: b Department of Engineering Science , Oxford University , Parks Road, Oxford, 0X13PJ, UK E-mail: Pu...