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A gallery of tutors built with the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools


Stoichiometry Study

Carnegie Mellon University researchers Bruce McLaren, Dave Yaron, and Kenneth Koedinger utilized CTAT Flash tutors to investigate whether learning could be improved by personalized, informal language and worked examples in intelligent tutoring. For the first time, CTAT was used in a large-scale, web-based Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC) study.

Politeness Tutor

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CycleTalk

In this project, we are creating a series of Pseudo-Tutors that help students design and optimize thermodynamic cycles, such as the Rankine cycle used in power plants. For more information, see the above link or contact Vincent Aleven, Research Scientist, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University & Carolyn Pennstein Rosé, Research Scientist, Language Technologies Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

Design of On-line Feedback for Instructional Applications

This letter-sequence pattern learning tutor for research on design of on-line feedback for instructional applications. For more information, see the above link or contact Barbara Di Eugenio, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Genetics Tutors

A total of 12 lessons developed for the SimBioSys genetics tutor project at CMU. For more information, see the above link or contact Ben MacLaren, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

Java Tutor from Summer School 2004

Teaching how loops are created and used in Java. For more information, see the above link or contact Marie-Helene Ng Cheong Vee, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck, University of London & Brian Gane, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

The OLI Economics Pseudo-Tutors

A total of 11 Pseudo-Tutors developed for the OLI (Open Learning Initiative) project at CMU. For more information, see the above link or contact Bruce McLaren, Systems Scientist, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

The Truth Table Tutor

Developed for the OLI (Open Learning Initiative) project at CMU to integrate it into OLI's online logic course. For more information, see the above link or contact Bruce McLaren, Systems Scientist, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

You Are Here

A speech-enabled tutor exercise created by Jonathan Brown. For more information, see the above link or contact Jonathan Brown, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.