The ASSISTment project is an online tutoring system that assists students when they have difficulty using computer-based tutoring. The focus of this experiment is to test how scaffolding helps students learn mathematics more effectively, compared to having "just hints". The condition of "just hints" is analogous to many in common Computer Aided Instruction software. We performed statistical tests to see if we could get reliably different amounts of learning by condition but we did not find significant differences.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Sader, Paul M.

Subject

• Learning
• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 07C013I

Keyword

• Teaching
• Human-computer interaction
• Computer-assisted instruction

Advisor

• Heffernan, Neil

Year

• 2007

Date created

• 2007-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright