TY - GEN
T1 - Observations of collaboration in cognitive tutor use in latin america
AU - Walker, Erin
AU - Ogan, Amy
AU - Baker, Ryan S.J.D.
AU - De Carvalho, Adriana
AU - Laurentino, Tania
AU - Rebolledo-Mendez, Genaro
AU - Castro, Maynor Jimenez
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Cognitive tutoring systems have proven to be effective at improving mathematics learning in economically developed countries, but little is known about how teachers and students use these systems in other cultures. We visited three Latin American countries and observed use of the Middle School Mathematics Tutor in a school in each country. We found that students in these classrooms tended to work more collaboratively than observed students in the United States, in particular engaging in more interdependently-paced work and conducting work away from their own computer. We discuss how cognitive tutors might be improved to be more adaptive to these environments.
AB - Cognitive tutoring systems have proven to be effective at improving mathematics learning in economically developed countries, but little is known about how teachers and students use these systems in other cultures. We visited three Latin American countries and observed use of the Middle School Mathematics Tutor in a school in each country. We found that students in these classrooms tended to work more collaboratively than observed students in the United States, in particular engaging in more interdependently-paced work and conducting work away from their own computer. We discuss how cognitive tutors might be improved to be more adaptive to these environments.
KW - cognitive tutors
KW - collaborative learning
KW - cultural adaptation
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_106
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_106
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79959318652
SN - 9783642218682
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 575
EP - 577
BT - Artificial Intelligence in Education - 15th International Conference, AIED 2011
T2 - 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2011
Y2 - 28 June 2011 through 1 July 2011
ER -