CURUMIM: A Proposal of an Intelligent Tutor System to Teach Trigonometry
Fabiann Matthaus Dantas Barbosa, José Francisco de Magalhães Netto, Milena Chrisley Oliveira Barbosa · 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) · 2022
This article presents a proposal for an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for teaching Trigonometry in K-12 programs, using the teacher as an active agent in the learning process and employing the assumptions of the Theory of Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE). In the current scenario where Distance Learning (DL) has become a necessity, ITS offer an alternative to individualized study, however, for the construction of knowledge, mediation in learning is often necessary. MLEs offer pedagogical support focused on mediating and addressing learning problems, desirable characteristics for disciplines based on problem solving. Therefore, this research aims to present a proposal for an ITS to support the development of mathematical knowledge in trigonometry problems, inserting the teacher as an active agent in this process, exploring the potential of the MLE for the construction of the ITS. The proposed system, called CURUMIM, also has a Pedagogical Virtual Assistant (PVA) with the function of clearing up doubts arising from the subject, generating a dialogue according to the student’s reciprocity index.