TY - GEN
T1 - When is tutorial dialogue more effective than step-based tutoring?
AU - Chi, Min
AU - Jordan, Pamela
AU - VanLehn, Kurt
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - It is often assumed that one-on-one dialogue with a tutor, which involves micro-steps, is more effective than conventional step-based tutoring. Although earlier research often has not supported this hypothesis, it may be because tutors often are not good at making micro-step decisions. In this paper, we compare a micro-step based NL-tutoring system that employs induced pedagogical policies, Cordillera, to a well-evaluated step-based ITS, Andes. Our overall conclusion is that the pairing of effective policies with a micro-step based system does significantly outperform a step-based system; however, there is no significant difference in the absence of effective policies. Moreover, while micro-step tutoring is more time-consuming, the findings still hold for five out of six learning performance measures when time on task is factored out.
AB - It is often assumed that one-on-one dialogue with a tutor, which involves micro-steps, is more effective than conventional step-based tutoring. Although earlier research often has not supported this hypothesis, it may be because tutors often are not good at making micro-step decisions. In this paper, we compare a micro-step based NL-tutoring system that employs induced pedagogical policies, Cordillera, to a well-evaluated step-based ITS, Andes. Our overall conclusion is that the pairing of effective policies with a micro-step based system does significantly outperform a step-based system; however, there is no significant difference in the absence of effective policies. Moreover, while micro-step tutoring is more time-consuming, the findings still hold for five out of six learning performance measures when time on task is factored out.
KW - Natural Language tutoring systems
KW - Pedagogical Strategy
KW - Reinforcement Learning
KW - Step-based tutoring systems
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-07221-0_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-07221-0_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958550699
SN - 9783319072203
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 210
EP - 219
BT - Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 12th International Conference, ITS 2014, Proceedings
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 12th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2014
Y2 - 5 June 2014 through 9 June 2014
ER -