Title
Hints vs Distractions in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Looking for the proper type of help.
Abstract
The kind of help a student receives during a task has been shown to play a significant role in their learning process. We designed an interaction scenario with a robotic tutor, in real-life settings based on an inquiry-based learning task. We aim to explore how learnersu0027 performance is affected by the various strategies of a robotic tutor. We explored two kinds of(presumable) help: hints (which were specific to the level or general to the task) or distractions (information not relevant to the task: either a joke or a curious fact). Our results suggest providing hints to the learner and distracting them with curious facts as more effective than distracting them with humour.
Year
Venue
Field
2018
arXiv: Human-Computer Interaction
TUTOR,Joke,Computer science,Human–computer interaction
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1806.07806
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Blancas-Muñoz110.35
Vasiliki Vouloutsi2317.45
Riccardo Zucca37011.03
Anna Mura4173.18
Paul F. M. J. Verschure5677116.64