Each month, we highlight one of the new additions to the LACE Evidence Hub, which brings together evidence about learning analytics. You are welcome to add to the Hub site, which you can visit via a tab at the top of this page.
The Evidence of the Month for August 2015 is a meta-analysis of studies relating to ‘Intelligent tutoring systems and learning outcomes‘.
The authors examined 107 studies and found:
- Intelligent tutoring systems were associated with greater achievement when compared to teacher-led group instruction, other sorts of computer instruction and textbooks.
- There was no significant difference in outcomes between intelligent tutoring systems and small-group or individualised human tutors.
- The positive findings applied across all levels of education, and regardless of whether intelligent tutoring systems were used as the main means of teaching, a supplement, part of a teacher-led strategy, or as a homework aid.