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Towards Intelligent Tutoring with Erroneous Examples: A Taxonomy of Decimal Misconceptions

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2010)

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In the mathematics domain of decimals, students have common and persistent misconceptions. These misconceptions have been identified, studied, and published by many researchers, spanning over 80 years of time. However, no paper discusses and brings together all of the identified misconceptions. This paper presents an initial taxonomy of decimal misconceptions, summarizing the results of past work. We also discuss the potential use and benefits of such a taxonomy in supporting the development of intelligent tutors that use erroneous examples as a learning tool for middle-school math students.

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  1. Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA

    Seiji Isotani & Bruce M. McLaren

  2. Gila Ridge High School, AZ, USA

    Max Altman

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  1. Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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  2. School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, 1 Cleveland Street, 2006, Sydney, Australia

    Judy Kay

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Isotani, S., McLaren, B.M., Altman, M. (2010). Towards Intelligent Tutoring with Erroneous Examples: A Taxonomy of Decimal Misconceptions. In: Aleven, V., Kay, J., Mostow, J. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6095. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_66

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