Abstract
In this paper, we propose the development of a web-based, intelligent instruction system to help elementary school students for mathematical computation. We concentrate on the intelligence facilities which support diagnosis and advice. The existing web-based instruction systems merely give information on whether the learners' replies are `correct' or `incorrect', and only offer evaluations of the learners' results in terms of points. What is needed is a web-based instruction system that diagnoses the learner's comprehension status, and provides cause: why did the learner make the error? Our system has a facility that analyses the learner's weak points and has the ability to diagnose the cause of the error, giving advice to the learners and more detailed error information than extant systems. By accumulating user behavior and analyzing the learner's responses, our system provides relevant, individualized information, along with advice for the learners.
Highlights
With the rapid growth of computer and Internet technologies, e-learning has become a major trend in the computer-assisted teaching and learning fields (Chen et al, 2007)
Distance learning is in increasing demand, so webbased instruction systems have not ceased to expand in popularity
What is needed is a web-based instruction system that diagnoses the learner’s comprehension status, and provides cause: why did the learner make the error? Our system has a facility that analyses the learner’s weak points and has the ability to diagnose the cause of the error, giving advice to the learners and more detailed error information than extant systems
Summary
With the rapid growth of computer and Internet technologies, e-learning has become a major trend in the computer-assisted teaching and learning fields (Chen et al, 2007). Many web-based, instruction systems have already been developed, but the result has been disappointing; many are not widely used, and there are far-reaching limitations and problems. By discovering the learner’s misconceptions, important feedback can be provided by web-based instruction systems that can perform remedial learning or revise instruction strategies (Kim and Lee, 1999). We propose a webbased instruction system in mathematics for elementary school students that offer flexibility to the learners with respect to time and place of access. Such a system would analyze learner shortcomings and be able to diagnose error cause, offering relevant advice and information for the avoidance and correction of future errors.
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