Diagnosing Students' Misconceptions in Causal Models.

Abstract

Tutorial dialogues can be analyzed as an interaction in which a tutor 'debugs' a student's knowledge representation by diagnosing and correcting conceptual misunderstandings. In this paper some tentative steps toward a theory which describes tutorial interactions are outlined. The paper outlines the goal structure of a tutor, describes types of conceptual bugs that students have in their understanding of physical processes and discusses some of the representational viewpoints necessary to diagnose and correct these bugs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056686

Entities

People

  • Albert L. Stevens
  • Allan Collins
  • Sally Goldin

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

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  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Air Force
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  • Educational Psychology
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  • Psychology
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  • Students
  • Training
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  • Education

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