An intelligent tutoring system, usually abbreviated ITS, is a computer system that imitates human tutors, aiming to provide learners with immediate, customized instruction or feedback, usually without requiring intervention from a human teacher. Intelligent tutoring systems share the common goal of enabling learning in a meaningful and effective way through a variety of computing technologies, and there are many examples of them being used in both formal education and professional settings, where they have demonstrated both capabilities and limitations, with ongoing research aimed at improving their effectiveness given the close relationship between intelligent tutoring and cognitive learning theories and design. An intelligent tutoring system typically aims to replicate the demonstrated benefits of one-to-one, personalized tutoring in contexts where students would otherwise have access only to one-to-many instruction, such as classroom lectures, or to no teacher at all, such as online homework, and such systems are often designed with the goal of providing access to high quality education for every student.
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Core ClaimAn intelligent tutoring system is a computer system that imitates human tutors, aiming to provide learners with immediate, customized instruction or feedback, usually without requiring intervention from a human teacher, so as to replicate the demonstrated benefits of one-to-one personalized tutoring for students who would otherwise have only one-to-many instruction or no teacher at all. 1 Classification
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Did intelligent tutoring begin with computers?
The idea dates back to 1924, when Sidney Pressey built a mechanical teaching machine.
The idea is older than the computer. As early as 1924, Sidney Pressey of Ohio State University created a mechanical teaching machine that instructed students without a human teacher. Intelligent tutoring systems today pursue a related aim, giving learners instruction or feedback usually without a human teacher.
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An intelligent tutoring system (ITS) is a computer system that imitates human tutors and aims to provide immediate and customized instruction or feedback to learners, usually without requiring intervention from a human teacher.
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The concept of intelligent machines for instructional use date back as early as 1924, when Sidney Pressey of Ohio State University created a mechanical teaching machine to instruct students without a human teacher.
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An intelligent tutoring system (ITS) is a computer system that imitates human tutors and aims to provide immediate and customized instruction or feedback to learners, usually without requiring intervention from a human teacher.
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Intelligent tutoring systems can be found in online environments or in a traditional classroom computer lab, and are used in K-12 classrooms as well as in universities.
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There is a close relationship between intelligent tutoring, cognitive learning theories and design; and there is ongoing research to improve the effectiveness of ITS.
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