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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Accounting for Beneficial Effects of Worked Examples in Tutored Problem Solving
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Salden, Ron J. C. M.; Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Renkl, Alexander; Aleven, Vincent; McLaren, Bruce M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2010
Recent studies have tested the addition of worked examples to tutored problem solving, a more effective instructional approach than the untutored problem solving used in prior worked example research. These studies involved Cognitive Tutors, software designed to support problem solving while minimizing extraneous cognitive load by providing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Solving, Tutors
Exploring the Assistance Dilemma in Experiments with Cognitive Tutors
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Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Aleven, Vincent – Educational Psychology Review, 2007
Intelligent tutoring systems are highly interactive learning environments that have been shown to improve upon typical classroom instruction. Cognitive Tutors are a type of intelligent tutor based on cognitive psychology theory of problem solving and learning. Cognitive Tutors provide a rich problem-solving environment with tutorial guidance in…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Metacognition, Tutors, Cognitive Psychology