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The Effect of Adapting Feedback Generality in ITS

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Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems (AH 2006)

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Intelligent tutoring systems achieve much of their success by adapting to individual students. One potential avenue for personalization is feedback generality. This paper presents two evaluation studies that measure the effects of modifying feedback generality in a web-based Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) based on the analysis of student models. The object of the experiments was to measure the effectiveness of varying feedback generality, and to determine whether this could be performed en masse or if personalization is needed. In an initial trial with a web-based ITS it appeared that it is feasible to use a mass approach to select appropriate concepts for generalizing feedback. A second study gave conflicting results and showed a relationship between generality and ability, highlighting the need for feedback to be personalized to individual students’ needs.

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  1. Intelligent Computer Tutoring Group, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Brent Martin & Antonija Mitrovic

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  1. Knowledge and Data Engineering Group, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Vincent P. Wade

  2. School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, Australia

    Helen Ashman

  3. Adaptive Information Cluster, School of Computer Science & Informatics, University College Dublin, Ireland

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Martin, B., Mitrovic, A. (2006). The Effect of Adapting Feedback Generality in ITS. In: Wade, V.P., Ashman, H., Smyth, B. (eds) Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems. AH 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4018. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11768012_21

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