COGNITIVE TUTORS
Aayush Kumar
Jessica Santana
Li Lin
Project Abstract
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Cognitive tutoring is a tutoring system developed by Carnegie Mellon University.
This software, published by Carnegie Learning Inc, is marketed to students from
the middle school to the post secondary level. It is based on over 20 years of
research into how students think, learn and apply new knowledge in math.
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The system is built on cognitive modeling, which is an area of computer science
that simulates human problem solving and other mental tasks. The cognitive
tutoring software gauges a student’s knowledge about a subject and then provides
curriculum tailored to fit their level of difficulty. This program stresses problem
solving and reasoning in mathematics but also in real world situations as well.
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As of today, this software has been used by half a million students in 2300 schools
across America.