8a Readings: Intelligent Tutoring Systems

1. Name and explain the four critical components of intelligent tutoring
systems (ITSs).



2. What are the two challenges in providing error-sensitive feedback 
identified?




3. What are considerations when choosing between immediate or delayed
feedback?





4. What is the tradeoff (advantage and disadvantage) in requiring 
mastery learning to advance?







5.  Which leads to deeper learning - repetition over a short time span
or spiraling with larger gaps between repetition?







6. Explain where faded worked examples fits in with what we've learned
in our class so far.






7. Given what they found out about human tutors, what were the principles
identified for ITS design?







8. What are the five basic processes involved in cognition?








9. Explain the difference between the constructivist perspective and 
the cognitivist perspective.