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Implementation of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Online Homework Support in an Efficacy Trial

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Much research has been done on the development of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS), and small empirical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of ITS at promoting student learning. However, large-scale implementation of ITS in school settings has not been researched thoroughly. In this paper, we describe an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based tutoring system—the ASSISTments—as support for homework. The program is used in 46 middle schools in the state of Maine, to provide immediate feedback to students, and to provide reports to teachers to support homework review and instruction adaptation. We describe the challenges for the RCT, approaches used to understand implementation of the system, and findings on how the system is being used.

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  • efficacy
  • implementation
  • Intelligent Tutoring System
  • homework

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  1. SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA

    Mingyu Feng, Jeremy Roschelle & Robert Murphy

  2. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Neil Heffernan

  3. University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA

    Janet Fairman

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  1. Computer Science Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, 060042, Bucharest, Romania

    Stefan Trausan-Matu

  2. North Carolina State University, 890 Oval Dr., Campus Box 8206, 27695-8206, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Kristy Elizabeth Boyer

  3. Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 317, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Martha Crosby

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

    Kitty Panourgia

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Feng, M., Roschelle, J., Heffernan, N., Fairman, J., Murphy, R. (2014). Implementation of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Online Homework Support in an Efficacy Trial. In: Trausan-Matu, S., Boyer, K.E., Crosby, M., Panourgia, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8474. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07221-0_71

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