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Peer reviewedBookman, Steven – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Proposes that there is a need for a specially trained group of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy tutors for college and university tutoring and writing centers. Argues that literacy tutors with a sufficient background in linguistics and second language acquisition would be better equipped to handle non-native speakers' requests for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Individual Instruction, Language Skills
Person, Natalie; Erkel, Mary; Graesser, Arthur C. – 2002
In this study, the Bystander Turing Test (BTT) paradigm is used to determine whether participants rate particular dialog moves in tutoring transcripts to be generated by a computer tutor, AutoTutor, or by a skilled human tutor. Currently, AutoTutor initiates a conversation with the learner by posing a question or presenting a problem for the…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design
