ERIC Number: ED577019
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Investigating Effects of Embedding Collaboration in an Intelligent Tutoring System for Elementary School Students
Olsen, Jennifer K.; Rummel, Nikol; Aleven, Vincent
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (12th, Singapore, Jun 20-24, 2016)
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are beneficial for individual students learning in several domains, including mathematics where they have been used to support both secondary and elementary students. Collaborative learning may be beneficial to include in ITSs, particularly for conceptual knowledge. There is little work on collaborative ITSs, and it has mostly focused on older students. We aim to extend this work to elementary school students, by extending an ITS for fractions so it supports collaborative learning. We also build upon our previous work to further investigate the complementary strengths of collaborative and individual learning. In our study, 189 elementary school students worked with a conceptual or a procedural fractions ITS, and either individually or collaboratively. Students in both ITS conditions learned, but there were no differences in learning between individual and collaboration. However, the students working collaboratively spent less time on the tutor, indicating potential benefits of collaborative learning on efficiency in this setting.
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes, Independent Study, Time on Task, Grade 4, Grade 5, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A120734; R305B090023
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/89952