Initial results of using an intelligent tutoring system with Alice
Abstract
This paper describes the initial steps taken towards incorporating an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) into Alice. After initially describing an ITS, the paper focuses on the development of several tutorials for teaching specific introductory programming concepts that have been created using stencils. Initial results concerning usability and effectiveness of these stencil-based tutorials are provided.
Keywords
ITS, intelligent tutoring system, Alice, introductory programming concepts, stencils, stencil based tutorials
Date of this Version
2012
DOI
10.1145/2325296.2325332
Comments
ITiCSE '12 Proceedings of the 17th ACM annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Pages 138-143