Accession Number:

ADA278685

Title:

Categorizing Example Types in Instructional Texts: The Need to Consider Context

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.

Corporate Author:

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY INFORMATION SCIENCES INST

Personal Author(s):

• Mittal, Vibhu O.
• Paris, Cecile L.

Report Date:

1993-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

Different situations often require the presentation of different types of examples with specific presentation requirements about the number of examples, sequences of presentation, the associated prompts, etc. A specification of the different presentation requirements is particularly important in designing an effective ITS. A categorization of example types and their associated presentation requirements is necessary. In this paper, we argue that examples must be characterized based on the context in which they appear, and present one such characterization, and describe how these can be effectively used by an ITS to generate tutorial descriptions that incorporate examples. Examples, Instructional texts, Context, Intelligent tutoring systems.

Descriptors:

• *SPECIFICATIONS
• *INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• *TEXTBOOKS
• REQUIREMENTS
• SEQUENCES

Subject Categories:

• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE