An Assessment of Constraint-Based Tutors: A Response to Mitrovic
and Ohlsson's Critique of "A Comparison of Model-Tracing
and Constraint-Based Intelligent Tutoring Paradigms"
Affiliations: Department of Computing and Decision Sciences,
Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Model tracing and constraint-based modeling are two prominent
paradigms on which intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) have been based. We
Kodaganallur, Weitz and Rosenthal (2005), have written a paper comparing the
two paradigms, and offering guidance based on this comparison to prospective
authors of ITSs. In a detailed critique of our paper, Mitrovic and Ohlsson
(2006) have taken issue with many of our observations and conclusions. In this
work we refute their critique and provide a more general, critical assessment
of constraint-based modeling.