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International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems

ITS 2000: Intelligent Tutoring Systems pp 143–153Cite as

A Collection of Pedagogical Agents for Intelligent Educational Systems

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This paper presents an original modelling of the tutoring knowledge in an intelligent educational system based on a collection of interacting agents, in particular in a problem-solving domain. After a brief description of the knowledge modelling and a generic functioning framework for ITSs in problem-solving domains, we introduce the tutoring knowledge modelled as pedagogical agents. We show how these agents interact with one another and with the student, and discuss tools which may help optimise decisions about how an agent takes control or fulfils a given pedagogical function. To illustrate our point of view, we then present and comment on a tutoring dialogue in detail, using as background a problem-solving exercise. Such a interactive-agent-oriented model should both facilitate the implementation of the tutoring knowledge in an intelligent educational system and help improve the student’s comprehension through better pedagogical interactions.

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  1. Département d’informatique, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada

    Ruddy Lelouche

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  1. Département d’informatique, Université du Québec á Montréal, C.P. 8888, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3P8

    Gilles Gauthier

  2. Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada, H3C 3J7

    Claude Frasson

  3. Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Kurt VanLehn

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Lelouche, R. (2000). A Collection of Pedagogical Agents for Intelligent Educational Systems. In: Gauthier, G., Frasson, C., VanLehn, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1839. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45108-0_18

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