Title :
Work in progress: An Intelligent Tutoring System for improving student learning in a sophomore engineering dynamics course
Author :
Yongqing Guo ; Ning Fang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Educ., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents our ongoing efforts toward developing an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) to improve student learning in a sophomore engineering dynamics course. An ITS module was developed to guide students applying the Principle of Work and Energy to solve particle dynamics problems. Pre-post tests, each including six technical questions, were administrated to 74 engineering undergraduates who took a dynamics course in a recent semester. The assessment results show that the developed ITS module helps students master dynamics concepts and associated calculations.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; learning (artificial intelligence); ITS module; engineering undergraduates; intelligent tutoring system; sophomore engineering dynamics course; student learning; Aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering; Artificial intelligence; Computers; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Mathematical model; Intelligent tutoring system; assessment; engineering dynamics; student learning;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462243