1. Our Explorations with CTAT!
Example-tracing Tutor (Flash) :
Mass Production (Flash)
Cognitive Tutor (Flash, Jess)
Rinat Rosenberg-Kima
T G Ganesh

2. Example Tracing Tutor (Flash)
Created a movie in Flash.
Recorded behavior in CTAT for Flash.
Published to HTML.

3. Mass Production (Flash)
Created input areas in Flash and corresponding variables in CTAT-Behavior Graph. Used CTAT to create problem set for mass production. Published to HTML to present problems in sequence.

4. Flash Interaction and CTAT

5. Flash Interaction and CTAT

6. Flash Interaction and CTAT
Challenges:
Only “comm elements” talk with CTAT.
Interactivity in Flash is done with other elements (like graphic buttons).
CTAT will stop the interaction once the correct answer is inserted.
Possible Solutions:
Send messages to the “comm” elements from the flash elements.
Make the interaction as an additional component.

7. Example-Tracing vs. Cognitive-Tutor

8. Example-Tracing vs. Cognitive-Tutor
Very easy to use
May be tedious
Good for non-recurrent problems.
Cognitive-Tutor:
Much (!) harder…but possible…
Extremely useful for recurrent problems
Helps in understanding the mental process of the students