An Intelligent Tutoring System for Learning Java Objects

The paper describes the design of a web based intelligent tutoring system for teaching Java objects tostudents to overcome the difficulties they face. The basic idea of this system is a systematic introductioninto the concept of Java objects. The system presents the topic of Java objects and administersautomatically generated problems for the students to solve. The system is dynamically adapted at runtime to the student’s individual progress. The system provides explicit support for adaptive presentationconstructs. An initial evaluation study was done to investigate the effect of using the intelligent tutoringsystem on the performance of students enrolled in computer science III in the Faculty of Engineering andInformation technology at Al-Azhar University, Gaza. The results showed a positive impact on theevaluators