Transcript Cognitive Tutors.pptx

COGNITIVE TUTORS
Ashley Baker
Tiona Jones
Natalie Mark
Sarah Rogers
WHAT IS A COGNITIVE TUTOR?
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A cognitive tutor is an intelligent tutoring system
which develops a cognitive model of a student as
he or she interacts with the program, providing
problems and individualized instruction based on
this model.
CARNEGIE MELLON & COGNITIVE TUTORS
Cognitive Tutor is also a name of a product
produced by Carnegie Learning.
 Carnegie Learning uses blended approach, with a
textbook and software (called Cognitive Tutor)
for each subject.
 The Cognitive Tutors are based on the ACT-R
theory of learning, memory and performance. The
Tutors were developed using an empirical
testing process. There are over 50 publications
which now validate the effectiveness of cognitive
modeling.
 The curriculum is based on how students think
and allows students to work at their own pace
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WHY USE COGNITIVE TUTORS?
It allows for personalization of the learning
process.
 Has been successful in raising math test scores in
both high school and middle school classrooms.
 Always available to students
 The software evaluates individual students math
level step-by-step and presents the information
tailored to the individual skill level of the
students.
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WORKS CITED
Wikipedia. 22 Sept. 2008.
<http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carnegie_lear
ning>.
 Wikipedia. 13 Sept. 2008.
<httphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_tutor:
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