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This paper discusses two different kinds of problem solving: procedural skill based problem solving and declarative knowledge based problem solving. An intelligent learning environment has been implemented for tutoring declarative knowledge based problem solving. The environment is built around two levels of learner modelling: shallow modelling and deep modelling. The first relates an error of the learner with a misconception. The second verifies the learner’s acquisition of various factual knowledge or concepts needed, and helps the learner to solve a concrete problem. A learning environment for Accountancy which serves as a case study, has been implemented in Smalltalk V for OS2.
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Huang, L., Bonzon, P. (1995). Two-level learner modelling in the tutoring of declarative knowledge based problem solving. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_9
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