Automated Tutors

An Intelligent Tutor for Teaching Basic Computer Science and Java Programming to Medical Informatics Students

by Latanya Sweeney

Abstract

Teach Me Java is an intelligent tutor for the teaching-learning of basic computer science principles and the Java programming language. It offers a new kind of teaching-learning environment for distance learning that is adaptive to the personal needs of each student. With the proliferation of the Internet and access to inexpensive computers, we can explore a new kind of personalized teaching machine based on the seamless integration of incremental instruction with practice and provide this instruction to medical informatics students throughout the world. The tutor is virtually unique in its attempt to ensure mastery of the material. No human instructor is needed and students get individualized instruction.

Citation:
L. Sweeney An Intelligent Tutor for Teaching Basic Computer Science and Java Programming to Medical Informatics Students. Proceedings, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Washington, DC: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 1999. (PDF)

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