Toward Intelligence Systems for Testing.
Abstract
This report describes an adaptive, cognitive approach to diagnostic testing for instruction: steering testing. Steering testing is brief diagnostic testing that steers, or individualizes, the course of instruction. When a diagnosis is needed, that student model (i.e., what is currently known about the student's competence) is examined, and areas of competence about which more information is needed are identified. These areas represent constraints on the type of test item that will be informative. Once the constraints are posted, an intelligent item generator constructs a test item that satisfies them. We discuss steering instruction in two intelligent computer-based tutors for adult skills: avionics troubleshooting and DC-circuit understanding. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cognitive Science; Tutors, training devices, Adaptive training.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA178673
Entities
People
- Alan M. Lesgold
- Jeffrey G. Bonar
- Joyce Ivill
Organizations
- University of Pittsburgh