 Available Tutors (tutor loads in anther window) |
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People in Carnegie Mellon's Human Computer Interaction Institute |
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French word gender identification |
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Chemistry element symbols |
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Portuguese vocabulary | | Portuguese keyboard entry is described here. |
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Also see the Chinese button to the left in sidebar |
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Tutor Instructions | An icon showing a book with glasses will indicate a study trial, a question mark icon will indicate when information is being tested and a pink review sign will indicate feedback for the previously incorrect response. Any login ID beginning with the word "demo" will work for this tutor. After logging you need to press the memory tutor button and then select the demo from the dropdown menu. Press OK to begin.
When the question icon appears you will be presented a test of information. For a test you will see a cue item on the left, and type the requested response on the right. The information (if any) under the right hand response specifies the response. The ENTER key submits your response and the BACKSPACE key can be used for correction. Test trials are automatically counted as no answer if you stop tying for a few seconds.
When a book and glasses icon appears you will see a whole pair for a study trial.
When a pink octagon appears with the word review the last test was incorrect and the study is for review.
Esc will pause the program and allow saving and quitting. The tutor timer is not set to run for these demos. This tutor requires Java be installed. | | Free Java download. |
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Version History for Base Tutor Software |
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| Version 1.1 released | - new: gui resizing
- new: backgrounds (see Chinese button on left)
- new: uses mp3s (in addition to wav files)
- new: test trials with no feedback (for experimental use)
- new: optimizer fits groups of users (for experimental use)
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| Version 0.9 released | - improved: gui performance improved
- improved: pause works instantly
- new and improved: all tutors gradually adjust for individual differences
- new: progress reporter built in
- new: unit transition and pause screens more logical
- new: load progress bar
- improved: improved scheduling
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| Version 0.8 released | - new: special discrimination trials to assist when items in the set are confused
- new: tutors can have multiple units (try Chinese demo)
- new: tutors adjust for individual differences (all above demos except Chinese)
- new: simple specification of a tutor using 2 short text files
- new: many other changes in this major release
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| Version 0.4 released | - fixed: no longer continues with trials during requirements met" and "good stopping place" screens
- fixed: returns focus to input field after saving
- fixed: improved drill timer no longer exhibits bugs (particularly with sound feedback trials)
- fixed: logs hanzi characters in DS as Hz-#
- fixed: user answers now have underscores, not spaces, for easier parsing
- fixed: waits for pair to be on screen to play sound, does not move to next pair until sound done
- fixed: trial types screen displays better on macs
- fixed: datashop logging - problems named by <promptID>-<responseID> and now only logs ANSWER_INPUT user action
- new: multiple choice parameter that, when set, factors into the updates and probabilities of recall to account for guessing. also allows 1-key responses
- new: "sequential" parameter. if (true), uses old updating, if (false), does updates with new group/individual model
- new: no longer loads pairs file or progress file each time it saves
- new: no longer allowed to use blocking in situation such as prompts={English}, responses={English, Pinyin}
- new: save protection
- new: trial types screen now uses "yes" and "no" choices
- new: countdown timer on blocking screens
- new: debugging output to times.txt to fix saving problems (buttons not displaying?)
- new: enter triggers save & quit on final screen
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| Version 0.2 released | - corrected scheduling of practice following incorrect responses
- different prompts indicate initial and feedback study
- trial type selection screen must be displayed following instructions
- scheduling uses a new model of item association (see lab homepage figure)
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