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Cognitive Tutors

Cognitive Tutors. Ashley Baker Tiona Jones Natalie Mark Sarah Rogers. What is a cognitive tutor?.

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Cognitive Tutors

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  1. Cognitive Tutors Ashley Baker Tiona Jones Natalie Mark Sarah Rogers

  2. What is a cognitive tutor? • A cognitive tutor is an intelligent tutoring system which develops a cognitive model of a student as he or she interacts with the program, providing problems and individualized instruction based on this model.

  3. Carnegie Mellon & Cognitive Tutors • Cognitive Tutor is also a name of a product produced by Carnegie Learning. • Carnegie Learning uses blended approach, with a textbook and software (called Cognitive Tutor) for each subject. • The Cognitive Tutors are based on the ACT-R theory of learning, memory and performance. The Tutors were developed using an empirical testing process. There are over 50 publications which now validate the effectiveness of cognitive modeling. • The curriculum is based on how students think and allows students to work at their own pace

  4. Why Use Cognitive Tutors? • It allows for personalization of the learning process. • Has been successful in raising math test scores in both high school and middle school classrooms. • Always available to students • The software evaluates individual students math level step-by-step and presents the information tailored to the individual skill level of the students.

  5. Works Cited • Wikipedia. 22 Sept. 2008. <http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carnegie_learning>. • Wikipedia. 13 Sept. 2008. <httphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_tutor://>.

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