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Use of Intelligent Tutor Dialogues on Photographic Techniques: Explanation versus Argumentation

Cedillos, Elizabeth M

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2013, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
The goal of this study was to utilize an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS), AutoTutor Lite, in comparing different methods of learning for an ill-structured domain via interaction, through self-explanation or argumentation. One-hundred twenty participants were assigned to one of four conditions: 1) didactic-explanation, 2) didactic-argument, 3) didactic-no interaction, or 4) no didactic, no interaction. All 3 didactic groups performed significantly better than the control on the multiple-choice test. The didactic-explanation group outperformed the control group, but not other didactic groups on the photography advice measure. Significant differences were found for written-type scenarios for photography advice measures, with the didactic-explanation group and the didactic-argument group outperforming the control group, but not the didactic only group, nor each other. For the photography judgment task, the didactic-no interaction group outperformed the control on the composition dimension and outperformed the didactic-explanation, which outperformed the control on the shutter speed dimension.
Christopher Wolfe (Advisor)
Yvette Harris (Committee Member)
Doris Bergen (Committee Member)
39 p.

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  • Cedillos, E. M. (2013). Use of Intelligent Tutor Dialogues on Photographic Techniques: Explanation versus Argumentation [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1386087498

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cedillos, Elizabeth. Use of Intelligent Tutor Dialogues on Photographic Techniques: Explanation versus Argumentation. 2013. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1386087498.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cedillos, Elizabeth. "Use of Intelligent Tutor Dialogues on Photographic Techniques: Explanation versus Argumentation." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1386087498

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)