Student Modeling in Intelligent Tutoring Systems — Implications for User Modeling

Abstract

User modeling and student modeling, though similar in many ways, have generally been pursued in parallel for the past decade. This chapter explores the role of stu-dent modeling in intelligent tutoring systems from the perspective of user modeling, with the goal of determining what researchers in user modeling can learn from stu-dent modeling. The chapter focuses on three issues: the information mod~led about students, how that information is represented, and how the student model is built. Several intelligent tutoring systems that do student modeling are critically examined (in particular BUGGY, LMS, GUIDON, and WUSOR), and recommendations for user modeling based on this examination are made.