Global Computer Network Tutoring System
First Claim
1. In a global computer network, a computer system for tutoring a student comprising:
- a run time engine formed of an agenda, a curriculum and teaching strategies, the agenda determining what messages, media and problems to display currently to a student user and those scheduled to be displayed, the curriculum selecting problems for use in the agenda, and the teaching strategies for modifying the agenda with at least scaffolding of problems;
a tutorial composer enabling teachers to add content to agendas of the run time engine; and
a reporting component enabling real time reporting of students'"'"' work/progress to teachers.
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Abstract
A global computer network method and apparatus for creating and deploying many types of intelligent tutoring systems across many different platforms is disclosed. A run time engine supports state graph pseudo tutors and JESS model tracing cognitive tutors, in both a client and server context. An Assistment Builder enables development, testing and deployment of the pseudo tutors, generally the tutorials formed of teacher composed problems. The system simplifies the process of tutorial construction to allow educator users with little or no ITS experience to develop content of problems and teaching strategies (i.e., format of problems including hints, messages and sequencing of related problems). The system provides a Web these tutorials. A reporting component is Web based and allows for live database reporting to teachers, showing how their students are performing. Automated analysis and reporting of experimental tutorials developed by teachers is included.
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15 Claims
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1. In a global computer network, a computer system for tutoring a student comprising:
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a run time engine formed of an agenda, a curriculum and teaching strategies, the agenda determining what messages, media and problems to display currently to a student user and those scheduled to be displayed, the curriculum selecting problems for use in the agenda, and the teaching strategies for modifying the agenda with at least scaffolding of problems; a tutorial composer enabling teachers to add content to agendas of the run time engine; and a reporting component enabling real time reporting of students'"'"' work/progress to teachers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a global computer network, a method for tutoring students comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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enabling a teacher to compose problems to display to students and to form teaching strategies with at least scaffolding of problems; and for each student, interactively displaying the composed problems to the student according to a curriculum and the teaching strategies, the curriculum selecting problems and the teaching strategies enabling any combination of teacher authored explanations, hints, messages and scaffolding of the problems to be displayed in response to student interaction/action. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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