Start date: 1983
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) are computer systems which tutor a subject using advanced models of both the subject matter and the student. ITS are an important area of research within Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence enabling the development of complex models of human learning and knowledge. A key distinguishing characteristic of an ITS compared to other computer assisted learning (CAL) is the ability to reason about the subject matter being taught, and about how the student is learning.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems have been developed in a number of subjects including Latin, French, Welsh, MS-DOS, mathematics and LISP programming. Furse has been conducting research into Intelligent Tutoring Systems ever since he was manager of the Warwick University MMI project, and has supervised a number of MSc and undergraduate projects in the field. ITS form an obvious application area for Furse's theories of learning and memory described elsewhere.
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