The use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in Computer-Assisted Instruction: an overview

One of the major goals of research in Artificial Intelligence is the representation of knowledge so that a computer can solve problems or communicate in a manner which exhibits “common sense”. Few programs for computers, including those for education, possess behavior which approaches any facet of the constellation of human skills and knowledge which are imprecisely called “common sense”. However, the revolutionary decline in hardware costs now makes it possible to consider economically viable, sophisticated designs for computer-aided instruction systems possessing some of the common sense attributes of a human tutor. In this survey we examine, in depth, techniques from Artificial Intelligence that can be used to endow a Computer-Aided Instruction system with approximations to some of the desirable qualities of a human tutor. We consider both techniques which have been proved in prototype systems for Computer-Aided Instruction and some techniques which were originally developed for other purposes.

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