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A flowchart-based intelligent tutoring system for improving problem-solving skills of novice programmers

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dc.contributor.authorHooshyar D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad R.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYousefi M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYusop F.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHorng S.-J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56572940600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid24829264100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid53985756300en_US
dc.contributor.authorid37103148900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid35585485600en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:00:05Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIntelligent tutoring and personalization are considered as the two most important factors in the research of learning systems and environments. An effective tool that can be used to improve problem-solving ability is an Intelligent Tutoring System which is capable of mimicking a human tutor's actions in implementing a one-to-one personalized and adaptive teaching. In this paper, a novel Flowchart-based Intelligent Tutoring System (FITS) is proposed benefiting from Bayesian networks for the process of decision making so as to aid students in problem-solving activities and learning computer programming. FITS not only takes full advantage of Bayesian networks, but also benefits from a multi-agent system using an automatic text-to-flowchart conversion approach for engaging novice programmers in flowchart development with the aim of improving their problem-solving skills. In the end, in order to investigate the efficacy of FITS in problem-solving ability acquisition, a quasi-experimental design was adopted by this research. According to the results, students in the FITS group experienced better improvement in their problem-solving abilities than those in the control group. Moreover, with regard to the improvement of a user's problem-solving ability, FITS has shown to be considerably effective for students with different levels of prior knowledge, especially for those with a lower level of prior knowledge. � 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jcal.12099
dc.identifier.epage361
dc.identifier.issue4
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/22302
dc.identifier.volume31
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleJournal of Computer Assisted Learning
dc.titleA flowchart-based intelligent tutoring system for improving problem-solving skills of novice programmersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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