Evaluating the Design Features of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Advanced Mathematics Learning
This addresses the problem of improving advanced mathematics education for Chinese college students, but appears incremental as it builds on existing ITS features.
The study evaluated Xiaomai, an intelligent tutoring system for Chinese college students, focusing on free-response questions with automatic feedback and metacognitive error reflection to enhance advanced mathematics learning and exam preparation, but did not report specific numerical results.
Xiaomai is an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) designed to help Chinese college students in learning advanced mathematics and preparing for the graduate school math entrance exam. This study investigates two distinctive features within Xiaomai: the incorporation of free-response questions with automatic feedback and the metacognitive element of reflecting on self-made errors.