DocumentCode
596060
Title
The effect of interleaving an alternate task during tutoring and testing
Author
Kumar, A. Niranjil
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci., Ramapo Coll. of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
3-6 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
The effect of interleaving an alternate task during tutoring and testing was studied in the context of an online problem-solving software tutor. A controlled study was used and ANOVA was used for data analysis. It was found that introduction of the alternate task did not result in any difference in the scores of control and test groups during testing. It did not promote greater cognitive or affective learning during tutoring. Some possible reasons for the negative results are discussed.
Keywords
cognition; computer science education; intelligent tutoring systems; program testing; software engineering; ANOVA analysis; affective learning; alternate task interleaving; cognitive learning; control group scores; data analysis; online problem-solving software tutor; software testing; test group scores; Computers; Problem-solving; Programming; Protocols; Psychology; Software; Switches; alternating tasks; computer programming; online learning; software tutor;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462517
Filename
6462517
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