Constraint-based student modeling-a simpler way of revising student errors

Author

Warendorf, Kai ; Tan, Colin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Appl. Sci., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

1997

fDate

9-12 Sep 1997

Firstpage

1083

Abstract

An intelligent multimedia tutoring system (IMTS) is under development to support a university course on data structures in C. The IMTS is written in Java and can rest on a parent canvas either designed specifically for it or based on a proprietary standard like a web browser or standalone application. It supports algorithms on linked lists, queues, stacks and binary search trees. The user interface is interactive with students manipulating the nodes of on-screen data structures in order to further their understanding or, in tutorial mode, to solve exercises set by the IMTS. The IMTS will respond to exercises with feedback and suggestions for further study. This paper describes our implementation of Ohlsson´s (1992) constrained-based student modeling

Keywords

data structures; educational courses; errors; intelligent tutoring systems; interactive systems; multimedia computing; object-oriented methods; user modelling; C; IMTS; Java; Ohlsson´s constrained-based student modeling; algorithms; binary search trees; constraint-based student modeling; data structures; feedback; intelligent multimedia tutoring system; interactive interface; linked lists; on-screen data structures; parent canvas; queues; stacks; standalone application; student errors; suggestions; tutorial mode; university course; user interface; web browser; Binary search trees; Data structures; Feedback; Intelligent structures; Intelligent systems; Java; Laboratories; Least squares approximation; Standards development; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 1997. ICICS., Proceedings of 1997 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3676-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.1997.652148

Filename

652148