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A Canonicalizing Model for Building Programming Tutors

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2012)

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It is difficult to build intelligent tutoring systems in the domain of programming due to the complexity and variety of possible answers. To simplify this process, we have constructed a language-independent canonicalized model for programming solutions. This model allows for much greater overlap across different students than a basic text model, which enables more self-sustaining hint generation methods in programming tutors.

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  1. Carnegie Mellon University, USA

    Kelly Rivers & Kenneth R. Koedinger

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  1. University of Montpellier & CNRS LIRMM, 161 rue Ada, 34095, Montpellier, France

    Stefano A. Cerri

  2. NASA and Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Human Centered Computing - Intelligent Systems Division, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    William J. Clancey

  3. Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, School of Applied Technology, Stavromenos, P.O.Box 1939, 71004, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Giorgos Papadourakis

  4. Neoanalysis Ltd., Marni 56, 10437, Athens, Greece

    Kitty Panourgia

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Rivers, K., Koedinger, K.R. (2012). A Canonicalizing Model for Building Programming Tutors. In: Cerri, S.A., Clancey, W.J., Papadourakis, G., Panourgia, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7315. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_80

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