Students rarely request on-demand hints in this tutor, with no significant differences between conditions or proficiency groups¶
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q3 i? On-demand hint requests averaged less than one per problem in all conditions, with no significant main effects or interaction of Condition and Prior Proficiency. → Mehak Maniktala 2020
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Mehak Maniktala 2020¶
Mehak Maniktala, Christa Cody, Tiffany Barnes, Min Chi. (2020). Avoiding Help Avoidance: Using Interface Design Changes to Promote Unsolicited Hint Usage in an Intelligent Tutor. https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.13371
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Null check before hypothesis testing in the 100-student study. The ART ANOVA on on-demand hint counts showed no main effects (Condition: F(1,100) = 0.132, p = 0.718; Prior Proficiency: F(1,100) = 1.075, p = 0.302) or interaction (F(1,100) = 0.006, p = 0.940). Means were 0.79 (Assertions) vs 0.55 (Messages) per problem; no effect size is printed.
"We found no significant differences in the number of on-demand hint requests between conditions or by prior proficiency, with all conditions requesting, on average, less than one on-demand hint per problem."
Discussion¶
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Students rarely request on-demand hints in this tutor, with no significant differences between conditions or proficiency groups |
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Students rarely request on-demand hints in this tutor, with no significant differences between conditions or proficiency groups |
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2026-10-27 |
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