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A tutoring and student modelling paradigm for gaming environments

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This paper describes a paradigm for tutorial systems capable of automatically providing feedback and hints in a game environment. The paradigm is illustrated by a tutoring system for the PLATO game “How the West Was Won”. The system uses a computer-based “Expert” player to evaluate a student's moves and construct a “differential model” of the student's behavior with respect to the Expert's. The essential aspects of the student's behavior are analyzed with respect to a set of “issues”, which are addressed to the basic conceptual constraints that might prevent the student's full utilization of the environment. Issues are viewed as procedural specialists that “wake-up” or become active when an instance of an issue manifests itself in a move. These issue specialists help the Tutor isolate what to comment on. The intent of the system is to transform a “fun” game into a productive learning environment without altering the student's enjoyment.

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  1. 1 Brown, J.S., R.R. Burton, M. Miller, J. DeKleer, S. Purcell, C. Hausmann, and R. Bobrow, Steps Toward a Theoretical Foundation for Complex Knowledge-Based CAI, Final Report, August 1975.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 Resnick, Cecily Ann "Computational Models of Learners for Computer Assisted Learning" Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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            cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
            ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 8, Issue 1
            Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science education
            February 1976
            399 pages
            ISSN:0097-8418
            DOI:10.1145/952989
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              SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and education
              February 1976
              403 pages
              ISBN:9781450374125
              DOI:10.1145/800107

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