Learning from Erroneous Examples

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Authors

  • Dimitra Tsovaltzi
  • Bruce McLaren
  • Erica Melis
  • Ann-Kristin Meyer
  • Michael Dietrich
  • Giorgi Goguadze
We present students with common errors of others in the context of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS). We conducted two studies with students of different curriculum levels to measure the effects of learning through such erroneous examples. We report that erroneous examples with additional support can assist lower curriculum level students develop better meta-cognitive skills.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Tutoring Systems : 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 14-18, 2010, Proceedings, Part II
EditorsVincent Aleven, Judi Kay, Jack Mostow
Number of pages3
Volume2
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2010
Pages420-422
ISBN (print)364213436X, 9783642134364
ISBN (electronic)978-3-642-13437-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems - ITS 2010 - Pittsburg, United States
Duration: 14.06.201018.06.2010
Conference number: 10
https://sites.google.com/site/its2010home/invited-speakers

    Research areas

  • Educational science - Erroneous examples , fractions misconceptions, adaptive learning