Boosting learning-by-teaching in virtual tutoring

SeungWon Park; ChanMin Kim

Computers & Education Vol. 82, No. 1 (2015) pp. 129–140

Research has shown that students tend to engage in quality learning when they are asked to teach (i.e., learning-by-teaching). In this study, a web-based tutoring environment has been developed to enhance the learning of college students by their...

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Virtual Tutee System: A Potential Tool for Enhancing Academic Reading Engagement

SeungWon Park; ChanMin Kim

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 71–97

This article reports on evaluation studies of the Virtual Tutee System (VTS) designed to enhance students' engagement in academic reading. The VTS is a web-based peer-tutoring environment in which students teach a virtual tutee about the...