A Cognitive Model for Building "Cognitive Tutors"

Short description:  This work aims at proposing a cognitive model for representing the cognitive processes of learners in intelligent tutoring systems. The model is based principally on the ACT-R (Anderson, 1993) and Miace (Mayers, 2001) cognitive theories. The model offers authoring tools, knowledge representation structures and tools for performing simulations. It has been extended and tested in several tutoring systems.

Date :  This work has begun during my B.S and M.Sc. (2003-2005) and is continued during my Ph.D. (2006  to now). 

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Main publications

[1] Fournier-Viger, P., Nkambou, R. & Mayers, A. (2008). Evaluating Spatial Representations and Skills in a Simulator-Based Tutoring System. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 63-74, Jan-Mar, 2008.

[2] Fournier-Viger, P., Nkambou, R. & Mayers, A. (2008), A Framework for Evaluating Semantic Knowledge in Problem-Solving-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Proceedings of the 21th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2008). AAAI press, pp. 409-414.

[3] Fournier-Viger P., Najjar, M., Mayers, A. & Nkambou, R. (2006). A Cognitive and Logic based Model for Building Glass-box Learning Objects. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, Vol. 2. pp: 77-94.

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