cook%umass-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (04/20/84)
From: Malcolm Cook <cook%umass-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>
Im looking for information on 2 things:
1) what systems exist that are used to teach language skills,
especially teaching writing to children. also, I remember hearing
about studies showing that children are motivated to write simply
by having a simplified editor. Any pointers to this study(s)?
There was an interesting article in N.Y. times sunday mag section
2-3 months back entitles "Writing to Read", and was about a curriculum
for 1st & 2nd grade, in which the children were learning a simple
morpheme<==>grapheme map, allowing them to pphonetically spell
any word they could pronounce. Are there any AI systems involved
in this course?
2) What does there exist for tutoring sytems in geometry.
I am somewhat familiar with the CMU approach (Boyle, Anderson, Shrager...)
but what else is around? Anything on the spectrum from GOOD
programmed instruction to /reactive environments/ would be of interest.
thanks,
Malcolm Cook (Cook.umass-cs@csnet-relay)