Help abuse - Revision history

Ryan at 00:40, 11 December 2007

2007-12-11T00:40:20Z

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	When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.		When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.

	A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" or "next" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the [[bottom out hint]] for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). This behavior is called '[[clicking through hints]]'.		A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" or "next" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the [[bottom out hint]] for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). This behavior is called '[[clicking through hints]]'. This type of help abuse is also referred to as a type of [[gaming the system]].

	A study by Aleven et al. (2006) in one of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor units found that students abuse the hint facilities on 36% of their actions (when counting successive rapid hint-requests as a single action, this number drops to 14%).		A study by Aleven et al. (2006) in one of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor units found that students abuse the hint facilities on 36% of their actions (when counting successive rapid hint-requests as a single action, this number drops to 14%).

Idoroll at 16:30, 31 March 2007

2007-03-31T16:30:10Z

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	When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.		When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.

	A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" or "next" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). ~~Some students will do this on every step in a problem~~.		A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" or "next" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the [[bottom out hint]] for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). This behavior is called '[[clicking through hints]]'.

	A study by Aleven et al. (2006) in one of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor units found that students abuse the hint facilities on 36% of their actions (when counting successive rapid hint-requests as a single action, this number drops to 14%).		A study by Aleven et al. (2006) in one of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor units found that students abuse the hint facilities on 36% of their actions (when counting successive rapid hint-requests as a single action, this number drops to 14%).
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Idoroll at 22:31, 13 February 2007

2007-02-13T22:31:18Z

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	When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.		When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.

	A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). Some students will do this on every step in a problem.		A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" or "next" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). Some students will do this on every step in a problem.

			A study by Aleven et al. (2006) in one of the Geometry Cognitive Tutor units found that students abuse the hint facilities on 36% of their actions (when counting successive rapid hint-requests as a single action, this number drops to 14%).

			Aleven, V., McLaren, B. M., Roll, I., & Koedinger, K. R. (2006). Toward meta-cognitive tutoring: A model of help seeking with a Cognitive Tutor. IJAIED, a(16), 101-30.

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Idoroll at 22:26, 13 February 2007

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Vanlehn at 23:30, 30 January 2007

2007-01-30T23:30:20Z

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	When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.		When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.

	A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[~~Bottom-~~out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). Some students will do this on every step in a problem.		A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[bottom out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). Some students will do this on every step in a problem.
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Vanlehn at 23:28, 30 January 2007

2007-01-30T23:28:42Z

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When student use a tutoring system that gives hints upon request, they sometimes ask for hints when they don't really need them. This is called ''help abuse''.

A particularly vivid type of help abuse can occur when the tutoring system uses a [[hint sequence]]. Student sometimes click so rapidly on the "explain more" button that they have no time to read the hints. They stop when they reach the last, [[Bottom-out hint]], which tells them exactly what to do next. They typically study the bottom-out hint for sometime, then dismiss the hint, and enter do what it says to do (or try to). Some students will do this on every step in a problem.