Game the system

Gaming the system: Attempting to make progress within the curriculum without thinking through the material. Within the Cognitive Tutor this is usually done by repeatedly guessing or using bottom-out hints.

For more details, see

• Baker, R. S. J. d., Corbett, A. T., Koedinger, K. R., & Roll, I. (2006). Generalizing Detection of Gaming the System Across a Tutoring Curriculum. 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, , 402-11.
• Baker, R. S. J. d., Corbett, A. T., Koedinger, K. R., Evenson, E., Roll, I., et al. (2006). Adapting to When Students Game an Intelligent Tutoring System. 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, , 392-401.
• Baker, R. S., Corbett, A. T., Koedinger, K. R., & Wagner, A. Z. (2004). Off-Task Behavior in the Cognitive Tutor Classroom: When Students “Game the System”. ACM CHI 2004: Computer-Human Interaction, 6(1), 383-90.
• Baker, R. S., Roll, I., Corbett, A. T., & Koedinger, K. R. (2005). Do Performance Goals Lead Students to Game the System? 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, , 57-64.