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The paper discusses the status of student models and it is proposed that in order to infer more subtle and complex student models from student’s behaviour, an electronic scratchpad or note-pad might be a valuable tool. A design methodology for these scratch-pads is explored. The method consists of a primary task analysis followed by a analysis of natural notes according to a scoring scheme based upon this task analysis. Special attention is given to notes that can not be classified. It is concluded that the task-analysis covers about 98% of the natural notes but that from the remaining 2% useful design criteria can be extracted. It is proposed that the point of view that for specific domains simulation can be seen as ‘runnable1 scratch-pads, might add futher design-criteria.
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Bierman, D.J., Kamsteeg, P.A., Sandberg, J.A.C. (1992). Student Models, Scratch-Pads, and Simulation. In: Costa, E. (eds) New Directions for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 91. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77681-6_9
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