Using Normative Theories to Design an ITS for English Capitalisation and Punctuation
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are a technology for supporting teachers. They are intelligent software programs equipped with subject knowledge, a student model, and teaching ability. This paper reports on the outcome of PhD research aimed at making ITSs more robust and effective, by applying normative theories such as Bayesian probability theory and decision theory, to the design and implementation of such systems. An approach is outlined by demonstrating how a normative ITS for English capitalisation and punctuation, CAPIT, was implemented. CAPIT was evaluated in a real classroom at Ilam School in June 2000, and the evaluation results show that normative methods are indeed a viable approach to the design of ITSs.
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