Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned
Journal of the Learning SciencesPublished 1 April 1995
John R. Anderson, Albert T. Corbett, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Ray Pelletier
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The 10-year history of tutor development based on the advanced computer tutoring (ACT) theory is reviewed, finding that a new system for developing and deploying tutors is being built to achieve the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for high-school mathematics in an urban setting.
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