The Audio Interactive Tutor

The Audio Interactive Tutor (Tait) is an interactive audio/oral computer-aided study device. It is most easily understood in comparison to the familiar notion of self-study audio tapes, which are non-interactive audio study devices. A selfstudy tape presents information and typically solicits responses from the user; however, it continues with a set pattern of instruction no matter what the user does, since it has no means of even detecting whether the user makes a response. Tait presents the same kind of output, but listens to the responses made by the user and alters the course of study depending on whether the responses are correct or incorrect. Tait supports an e cient approach to study that relies on sparse repetition carefully spread over time, rather than copious repetition. This work may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part for any commercial purpose. Permission to copy in whole or in part without payment of fee is granted for nonpro t educational and research purposes provided that all such whole or partial copies include the following: a notice that such copying is by permission of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories of Cambridge, Massachusetts; an acknowledgment of the authors and individual contributions to the work; and all applicable portions of the copyright notice. Copying, reproduction, or republishing for any other purpose shall require a license with payment of fee to Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. All rights reserved. Copyright c Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, 1994 201 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139