Publication: STEPS: A preliminary model of learning from a tutor.

Ur, S., & VanLehn, K. (1994). STEPS: A preliminary model of learning from a tutor. In K. Eiselt & A. Ram (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 893-898). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

This paper describes a prototype of a simulated physics student that learns by interacting with a human tutor. The system solves physics problems while showing its work on a workstation screen, and the tutor can intervene at certain points during problem-solving to advise the simulated student. Based on this prototype, the authors propose a general cognitive task analysis of the skill of learning from a tutor.