One-on-One Tutoring by Humans and Computers articulates the CIRCSIM-Tutor project, an
attempt to develop a computer tutor that generates a natural language dialogue with a …

This paper describes an application of APE (the Atlas Planning Engine), an integrated
planning and execution system at the heart of the Atlas dialogue management system. APE …

Hinting is an important tutoring tactic in one-on-one tutoring, used when the tutor needs to
respond to an unexpected answer from the student. To issue a follow-up hint that is …

Atlas is a plan-based dialogue manager that allows a computer and a person to conduct a
mixed-initiative dialogue using typed text and/or graphics. It is based on a hierarchical task …

The CIRCSIM-Tutor intelligent tutoring system project has been built on the basis of
numerous studies of transcripts of expert human tutors (professors) teaching first year …

The goal of the Atlas project is to increase the opportunities for students to construct their
own knowledge by conversing (in typed form) with a natural language-based ITS. In this …

Usage of discourse markers in tutorial language can make the difference between stilted
and natural sounding dialogue. In this paper we describe some simple rules for selection of …

In this paper we describe how to simulate the behavior of a human tutor when the student
cannot answer a question in a dialogue-based tutoring system. This paper describes an …

The formalisation of the hinting process in Tutorial Dialogues is undertaken in order to
simulate the Socratic teaching method. An adaptation of the BE&E annotation scheme for …

Intelligent computers are perfect for educational use since computers never get tired, they
are available all the time, and they are accessible by users all over the world. One key …