Artificial intelligence tools for grammar and spelling instruction

In The Netherlands, grammar teaching is an especially important subject in the curriculum of children aged 10-15 for several reasons. However, in spite of all attention and time invested, the results are poor. This article describes the problems and our attempt to overcome them by developing an inte...

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Published in:Instructional science 1987-01, Vol.16 (4), p.319-336
Main Authors: PIJLS, FIENY, DAELEMANS, WALTER, KEMPEN, GERARD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision trees
Expert systems
Grammatical conjugation
Heuristics
Sentence structure
Sentences
Spelling
Syntactics
Verbs
Words
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Summary:In The Netherlands, grammar teaching is an especially important subject in the curriculum of children aged 10-15 for several reasons. However, in spite of all attention and time invested, the results are poor. This article describes the problems and our attempt to overcome them by developing an intelligent computational instructional environment consisting of: a linguistic expert system, containing a module representing grammar and spelling rules and a number of modules to manipulate these rules; a didactic module; and a student interface with special facilities for grammar and spelling. Three prototypes of the functionality are discussed: BOUWSTEEN and COGO, which are programs for constructing and analyzing Dutch sentences; and TDTDT, a program for the conjugation of Dutch verbs.
ISSN:0020-4277
1573-1952
DOI:10.1007/BF00117750