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
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;
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.2012.6462517
