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Article: Smithtown: an intelligent tutoring system.
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
- Article date:
- August 1, 1989
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Smithtown: An Intelligent Tutoring System
This article describes Smithtown, one of a family of new instructional aids known as intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs). It employs artificial-intelligence methods to assist students in beginning-economics courses to improve their problem-solving skills.
Ther is no need to dwell on the importance of a sound understanding of economics for intelligent dealings in a complex modern society. Extremely heavy college enrollments in introductory economics courses, year-in and year-out, tend to belie the difficulties of most students in understanding this subject. Smithtown is an interesting development because it gives ...