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Arthur: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Adaptive Instruction

Gilbert, Juan Eugene
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin962393922

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2000, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Computer Science and Engineering.
A novel Web-based intelligent tutoring system, called Arthur, is developed in this work. This system provides adaptive instruction between various instruction methods that are created by expert tutors. Intelligent tutoring systems are forms of expert systems, where each tutor is an expert in the field and has a different instruction style. Arthur makes use of learning styles theory (Dunn 1978) and mastery learning (Bloom 1976), from education, and case-based reasoning (Kolodner 1993), from artificial intelligence, to bring this new style of asynchronous instruction to the World Wide Web. Case-based reasoning is used to adaptively change instruction methods when corrective instruction is necessary. Unlike the traditional tutoring environment or classroom environment where there is a one-to-one relationship or one-to-many relationshp between the tutor and student or students, Arthur provides a many-to-one relationship between the tutors and student. Imagine taking a course where the student has an unlimited number of tutors available. The purpose of this system is to provide effective instruction via the Web in search of "A Significant Difference" (Russell 1999) in learner outcomes. Chapter 1 gives an introduction to this research. Chapter 2 reviews previous contributions through other Web-based systems that consider learning style as part of their design. Chapter 3 will focus on Arthur's design and explain "What is Arthur?" Chapter 4 discusses the experiment and the experiment results. Finally, Chapter 5 will summarize Arthur and its contributions.
Chia Han (Advisor)
90 p.
Intelligent Tutoring System; Adaptive Instruction; Web-based Instruction

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  • Gilbert, J. E. (2000). Arthur: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Adaptive Instruction [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin962393922

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gilbert, Juan. Arthur: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Adaptive Instruction. 2000. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin962393922.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gilbert, Juan. "Arthur: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Adaptive Instruction." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin962393922

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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