Improving Life-Long Learning Skills with Interactive Learning Environments

在当今社会，人们不断面临着获取新技能和知识的挑战。对于那些能够明智地使用可用的帮助来源并能够准确评估自己的知识的人来说，这样的学习任务更容易。这项拟议的研究将检验这样一个假设，即基于计算机的互动学习环境可以帮助人们在求助和自我评估等元认知技能方面变得更好。在认知导师成功工作的基础上，该项目将包括创建和评估一个计算机导师，指导学生在元认知水平上解决问题。导师将配备一个详细的求助技能模型。为了评估元认知辅导的附加值，我们将进行一系列的对照实验。这项拟议的研究解决了智能教学系统、认知科学和教育心理学领域的公开问题。这项拟议的研究将明确智能辅导系统是否适合帮助学生获得元认知技能。它将产生比文献中描述的更详细的求助模式，如果成功，将展示教学方法，提高学生寻求帮助和自我评估的技能，从而提高他们的学习能力。

In today's society, people constantly face the challenge of acquiring new skills and knowledge. Such learning tasks are easier for those who are able to use available sources of help judiciously and who can accurately assess their own knowledge. The proposed research will test the hypothesis that computer-based interactive learning environments can help people become better at metacognitive skills such as help seeking and self-assessment. Building on successful work in Cognitive Tutors, the project will involve the creation and evaluation of a computer tutor that guides students at the metacognitive level, as they solve problems. The tutor will be equipped with a detailed model of help-seeking skills. A series of controlled experiments will be conducted to evaluate the added value of metacognitive tutoring. The proposed research addresses open questions in the fields of intelligent tutoring systems, cognitive science, and educational psychology. The proposed research will make it clear whether intelligent tutoring systems are suitable vehicles for helping students acquire metacognitive skills. It will produce models of help seeking that are more detailed than those described in the literature and, if successful, will demonstrate instructional methods that improve students' skill in seeking help and self-assessment and thereby their ability to learn.