Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inquiry skills tutoring system
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Application No.: US15388295Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US10186168B2Publication Date: 2019-01-22
- Inventor: Janice D. Gobert , Michael A. Sao Pedro , Cameron Guerra Betts , Ryan S. Baker
- Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Applicant Address: US MA Worcester
- Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Worcester
- Agency: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
- Main IPC: G09B19/00
- IPC: G09B19/00 ; G06N5/02 ; G09B5/02 ; G09B7/02 ; G09B5/00 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
An assessment engine includes a definition of inquiry skills being assessed. Assessment models are used to infer skill demonstration as one or more students engage in inquiry within computerized simulations and/or microworlds. A pedagogical agent and/or help system provides real-time feedback to one or more students based on the assessment model outputs, and/or based on additional models that track one or more students developing proficiency across inquiry tasks over time. A pedagogical agent and/or help system for science inquiry tutoring responds in real-time on the basis of knowledge-engineered and data-mined assessment and/or tracking models.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170103671A1 INQUIRY SKILLS TUTORING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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