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Using Induction to Generate Feedback in Simulation Based Discovery Learning Environments

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 1998)

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This paper describes a method for learner modelling for use within simulation-based learning environments. The goal of the learner modelling system is to provide the learner with advice on discovery learning. The system analyzes the evidence that a learner has generated for a specific hypothesis, assesses whether the learner needs support on the discovery process, and the nature of that support. The kind of advice described in this paper is general in the sense that it does not rely on specific domain knowledge, and specific in the sense that it is directly related to the learner’s interaction with the system. The learner modelling mechanism is part of the SimQuest authoring system for simulation-based discovery learning environments

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  1. Faculty of Educational Science and Technology University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Koen Veermans & Wouter R. Van Joolingen

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  1. Air Force Research Laboratory, 1880 Carswell Avenue, Lackland, AFB, TX, 78236-5507, USA

    Barry P. Goettl  & Valerie J. Shute  & 

  2. Mei Technology Corporation, 8930 Fourwinds Drive, #450, San Antonio, TX, 78239, USA

    Henry M. Halff

  3. Computer Science Department, St. Mary’s University, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228-8524, USA

    Carol L. Redfield

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Veermans, K., Van Joolingen, W.R. (1998). Using Induction to Generate Feedback in Simulation Based Discovery Learning Environments. In: Goettl, B.P., Halff, H.M., Redfield, C.L., Shute, V.J. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1452. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-68716-5_25

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