The ASSISTment system commonly employs tutoring to help students with math problems. This tutoring usually consists of hints that can be requested by the student. In this method, the hints point out key steps to solving the problem, concluding with the answer to the problem in the last hint. This study examines the benefits of providing the students with a link to a web page that teaches the topic that is most prevalent in the question. The primary purpose is to determine the effectiveness web-page based help versus traditional ASSISTment tutoring.

• 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

• Mitchell, Daniel Francis
• Knapp, Matthew Thomas
• Ksiazek, Paul Leszek

Subject

• Community
• Computing
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050410-220942

Keyword

• Mathematics--Study and teaching
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Teaching
• User-centered system design

Advisor

• Heffernan, Neil

Year

• 2010

Date created

• 2010-05-04

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright