The commentary pattern can cause tool-tutor desynchronization when students act faster than the tutor reacts¶
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Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q2 i? The commentary pattern risks tool and tutor getting out of sync if the student acts quickly relative to the tutor's reaction time. → Ritter 2016
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Ritter 2016¶
Ritter, S. (2016). Plug-in Tutor Agents: Still Pluggin'. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 26, 405–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-015-0062-z
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The author identifies a synchronization problem inherent in the commentary pattern, where the tutor may comment on outdated student actions.
"if the user is able to act quickly (relative to the tutor's ability to react), the tool and tutor can get out of sync. It can be problematic if the tutor is commenting on an action that the student took three steps ago."
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