Amy Johnson, Kathryn S. McCarthy, Kristopher J. Kopp, Cecile A. Perret, Danielle McNamara

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Smart tutoring systems for ill-defined domain names, such as for instance reading and writing, are critically required, yet unusual. Two such systems, the Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking (iSTART) and Writing Pal (W-Pal) utilize normal language processing (NLP) to evaluate learners’ written (for example., typed) responses and offer instant, accurate feedback. The paper that is current on efforts to make usage of adaptive instruction and task selection into both systems. In iSTART, we developed a practice that is new, for which learners’ previous performance data governs two adaptive functionalities: 1) the utilization of self-explanation scaffolding and 2) the rise or loss of trouble of training texts. Read more