Information Processing and Coaching Treatments in an Intelligent Tutoring System

摘要

The purpose of this effort was to develop an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) to train test administrators how to operate computerized adaptive testing Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (CAT-ASVAB). Once developed, a final troubleshooting lesson was completed to (a) test the contributions of coaching and information processing strategies on ITS training effectiveness, and (b) develop a general personal computer (PC) Troubleshooting ITS for use Navy-wide. The ITS uses information-processing efficiency data along with measures of correctness in determining the extent to which students have successfully compiled information and what training to present next. We hypothesized that information-processing training improves retention of skills in an ITS. Specifically, we hypothesized that examinees who have the information-processing features in their ITS compile the troubleshooting declarative and procedural knowledge more completely so that they have less decrement in troubleshooting tasks over time.