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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
  • Software
DEF

[Instruction using] programs that understand the student's internal cognitive structures; are able to analyse a student's answer to a question and determine which parts of the question confuse the student. They then use that information to provide very specific instruction. A system of this type would be a substitute for a very competent and experienced teacher.

CONT

Intelligent Computer-Assisted Instruction (ICAI) ... encompasses two primary areas. One is instructional programs that model the learner ... These programs collect detailed data about the student’s work and formulate a hypothesis about what the student knows and is thinking. ... The other area is the use of expert systems ... that contain all known information on a particular topic, a set of logic that ties all this information together ..., and in some cases a program that allows a person to converse easily and in natural language with the computer.

CONT

The components of an ICAI program are problem-solving expertise, student model, and tutoring module.

OBS

For historical reasons, much of the research in the field of educational software involving artificial intelligence has been conducted under the name of "ICAI." This acronym stands for "Intelligent Computer-Aided Instruction," a phrase that evolved out of the name "Computer-Aided Instruction" (CAI) ... Most recently, "ICAI" has often been replaced by the acronym "ITS," for "Intelligent Tutoring Systems"....

Key term(s)
  • intelligent computer-based tutoring
  • intelligent computer-based teaching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
  • Logiciels
DEF

Enseignement à partir du principe que les programmes à vocation pédagogique devraient être eux-mêmes des experts du domaine capables de résoudre les problèmes posés de différentes façons, de suivre et de critiquer les solutions de l'étudiant.

CONT

L'E.I.A.O. consiste à appliquer la technicité des systèmes experts à l'E.A.O., l'expert en l'occurrence étant l'enseignant-pédagogue. L'E.A.O. pratique une analyse plus ou moins affinée des réponses des apprenants. L'E.I.A.O. ambitionne d'analyser le raisonnement de cet apprenant, de lui montrer d'autres formes de raisonnement ou l'aider à les découvrir [...]

OBS

Le sigle est aussi celui d'un projet de recherche au Laboratoire de recherche informatique d'Orsay (France).

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
OBS

Le terme élève ordinaire n'est employé que lorsque, en contexte, il s'oppose à élève en difficulté ou à élève doué ou talentueux, autrement, on emploiera élève.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

A demonstration of the full spin, performed by the student, is required during private pilot training. Students should be competent in recovery from a full spin while avoiding a secondary stall, excessive airspeed, or excessive altitude loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

Pendant sa formation de pilote privé, l'élève doit effectuer une vrille complète. Il doit pouvoir s'établir dans une vrille complète et en sortir tout en évitant un décrochage secondaire, une vitesse excessive ou une perte d'altitude excessive.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Training
  • School and School-Related Administration
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

a course consisting of practical work and instruction in some technical subject, preparing the student for competent service in a nonprofessional or semiprofessional occupation...

Key term(s)
  • career course

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orientation professionnelle
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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