Abstract
In the tutoring agenda planner (TAP) project, we study the feasibility of implementing the inquiry teaching method of Collins and Stevens [1] as tutoring software. This paper describes the software architecture for TAP-1 - a simple inquiry tutoring shell based on the theory of inquiry teaching. The inquiry teaching style has the objective of teaching scientific reasoning skills through a "localized" sequence of well-planned inquiry dialogue. To complement the "localized" dialogue planning framework inherent in the theory of inquiry teaching presented in [1], the TAP-1 architecture has adopted the "global" curriculum planning technique proposed in [2]. TAP-1 has successfully demonstrated the inquiry teaching style through an inquiry planner within an intelligent tutoring system shell. In addition, PADI - a geography tutor that delivers inquiry teaching style - has been implemented using TAP-1. A group of students performed well in an evaluation activity of the tutor. They also foresaw the potential of TAP for achieving the aim of cultivating scientific thoughts. Copyright © 1998 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 315-325 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 1998 |