What is CTAT?
CTAT stands for the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools. These tools can be used to create computer-based tutors for use in LearnLab experiments and LearnLab courses in all 7 LearnLab subject matter areas. CTAT supports two types of tutors. Example-Tracing Tutors can be built without programming. Cognitive Tutors require Artificial Intelligence programming to develop a cognitive model. Both types of tutors provide step-by-step assistance to students as they solve problems. CTAT builds on the success of the Cognitive Tutors for high-school math, which were developed at CMU and have been proven to improve student learning, compared to regular classroom instruction. More information can be found about CTAT by going to http://ctat.pact.cs.cmu.edu/.