The use of scaffolding as a framework for tutoring students was compared to a traditional hints system. The Assistments system was used to create scaffolding and hint versions of items from the mathematics portion of previous MCAS tests. The impact of scaffolding and hints on students' performance was studied to determine if there was a noticeable difference

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Creator

• Holroyd, Aaron G.
• Harrington, Ramon

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030607-001035

Advisor

• Heffernan, Neil

Year

• 2007

Date created

• 2007-03-06

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030607-001035

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2024-02-02