This unique volume focuses on computing systems that exhibit intelligent behavior. As such, it discusses research aimed at building a computer that has the same cognitive architecture as the mind -- permitting evaluations of it as a model of the mind -- and allowing for comparisons between computer performance and experimental data on human performance. It also examines architectures that permit large, complex computations to be performed -- and questions whether the computer so structured can handle these difficult tasks intelligently.

This unique volume focuses on computing systems that exhibit intelligent behavior. As such, it discusses research aimed at building a computer that has the same cognitive architecture as the mind -- permitting evaluations of it as a model of the mind -- and allowing for comparisons between computer performance and experimental data on human performance. It also examines architectures that permit large, complex computations to be performed -- and questions whether the computer so structured can handle these difficult tasks intelligently.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2000, held in Montreal, Canada, in June 2000.The 61 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions; also included are 6 invited presentations, 17 posters, and 7 workshop descriptions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agent-based tutoring systems, architectures for ITS, authoring systems, cognitive approaches, cooperative systems, distributed learning environments, evaluation of instructional systems, intelligent distance learning, intelligent multimedia and hypermedia systems, instructional design, learning environments, student modeling, teaching and learning strategies, and Web-based training systems.