Intelligent tutorial system based on personalized system of instruction to teach or remind mathematical concepts.
The growth of the higher education population and different school paths to access an academic degree has increased the heterogeneity of students inside the classroom. Consequently, the effectiveness of traditional teaching methods has reduced. This paper describes the design, development, implement...
| Published in: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 370 - 382 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2017
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