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SARA: A Case-Based student modelling system

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Advances in Case-Based Reasoning (EWCBR 1998)

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This paper describes an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) called SARA. This system is developed using a new student modelling technique based on Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). SARA is organized around two main knowledge bases, the problems base and the cases base. The architecture of the system consists of several components. The functionality of each component and its relationships with the other components will be shown. Two ways of using the system will be presented: (1) as a system for student modelling, and (2) as a server providing information to be used by people testing or by applications using these services. We will also study the process of building the student model with this system. The student model constructed by SARA represents two important aspects of a student, namely the knowledge component and the inferences model.

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  1. Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, 2920 Chemin de la Tour, H3C 3J7, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    E. Shiri A. Mohammad, Esma AÏmeur & Claude Frasson

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Mohammad, E.S.A., AÏmeur, E., Frasson, C. (1998). SARA: A Case-Based student modelling system. In: Smyth, B., Cunningham, P. (eds) Advances in Case-Based Reasoning. EWCBR 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1488. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056353

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