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Ramasamy, Tharsiniy (2024) Effects of an interactive intelligent mathematics tutor on student learning and attitude. Masters thesis, Multimedia University.

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Abstract

Students’ mathematic performance is one of the main concerns in education. Many students perceive mathematics as one of the most difficult core subjects to be learned. This may lead to a high failure rate. Repeated failure in mathematics may cause a student to become demotivated and think he or she is not good at the subject. It is necessary to have basic math skills, regardless of the profession a person chooses to follow. Nowadays information technology plays a major role in teaching and learning. There are a number of students who may be facing difficulties by asking questions in traditional classrooms because of anxiety. The use of technology in education would be a better approach to enhance students’ learning. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to design and develop a prototype of an Intelligent Tutor (referred to as a conversational agent) for mathematics teaching and learning and to examine the effectiveness of the incorporation of Intelligent Tutor on students’ attitude towards mathematics and mathematics performance. Intelligent Tutor is a cheap and easy-touse educational tool that allows students to learn mathematics in a more friendly and pleasant way fitting modern styles of learning. It could make students' life much easier despite the knowledge and materials they receive in a traditional classroom. It helps students to feel free to communicate and clear their doubts anytime compared to the duration they have in class. A quasi-experimental design with pre and post-test was adopted. Mathematics performance tests and mathematics attitude dimension questionnaires were given to the control and experimental groups before and after the study to verify the effectiveness of the system. There were 200 students participated in this study, 85 students in the control group and 115 students in the experimental group. The control group was exposed to traditional teaching while the experimental group was exposed to traditional teaching and Intelligent Tutor. The findings revealed that the incorporation of an Intelligent Tutor in mathematics teaching and learning had improved students’ mathematics performance while having no significant impact on the students’ overall attitude towards mathematics. It is hoped the outputs of this project will benefit instructional designers and educators in helping students reduce difficulties in learning mathematics and thus improve their performance.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information:	Call No.: LB1028.73 .T43 2024
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Intelligent tutoring systems
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
Divisions:	Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2025 05:33
Last Modified:	03 Feb 2025 05:33
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/13345

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