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Re:Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed B... by closed on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:15PM (#16319187)
It seems like you might enjoy the article Stupid Tutoring Systems, Intelligent Humans! It talks about some less commonly thought of factors (e.g.emotional) that are important for teaching processes.

http://www.columbia.edu/~rsb2162/STS-Baker-IJAIED-v15.pdf

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Re:Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed B... by arstin on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:31PM (#16319315)
Thank you for the link! I was actually wanting to read a survey on this topic. I'm obviously sympathetic with the general approach of focusing on augmenting rather than replacing humans in teaching.

I confess I'm more skeptical of "data, data, and more data" than the author (from whence it comes? an A/B test of the video widget we wrote last week? the "anecdotes" of a skilled teacher with decades of experience can surely be more informative sometimes!), but I'm certainly eager to incorporate what good data is available!

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