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This paper presents empirical results about the behavior effect of two different hinting strategies applied on exercises within an ITS: having some penalty on the scoring for viewing hints or not having any effect on the scoring; and hints directly available or only available as a result to an incorrect attempt. We analyze the students’ behavior differences when these hinting techniques changed, taking into account the type and difficulty of the presented exercises.
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Muñoz-Merino, P.J., Delgado Kloos, C., Muñoz-Organero, M. (2010). Behavior Effect of Hint Selection Penalties and Availability in an Intelligent Tutoring System. In: Aleven, V., Kay, J., Mostow, J. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6095. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_78
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