As an illustration, consider an analogical reasoning question from a SAT-like exam where for a given pair (say, water: river) we have to choose, out of 5 pairs, the one that best matches the type of relation implicit in such a 'query'query
Pose a verbal reasoning question to a natural language processing machine and its performance will be poor, much worse than the average human ability.
A prototypical analogical reasoning question is shown in Figure 1.
After this initial reading about the topic, an AutoTutor "Deep Reasoning" question is presented that assesses the student on relevant KCs associated with the summary description and topic bundle.
A couple of years ago, the city, seeking to even the playing field a bit, began distributing a small list of sample Olsat questions free (one reasoning question uses pictures and the example of a road and a car to ask what goes with railroad tracks).
Twelve of our 38 students scored a 3 on their hypothetico-deductive reasoning question before instruction.
AutoTutor has the option for one or two conversational agents (i.e., computer-generated talking heads) to promote verbal reasoning, question answering, conceptual understanding, and natural language interaction (Graesser 2016; Graesser et al. 2014; Nye et al. 2014a, 2014b).
The logical reasoning question was whether satellite cells are the only stem cell source during muscle regeneration.
These 15 items are eight 'key feature problem' questions, one Bayesian reasoning question, two multiple choice questions on diagnosis, and four multiple choice clinical decision questions.
As a consequence of the increasing influence of science and technology on society, more attention is required in academic courses to skills such as logical reasoning, question formulation, systematic inquiry and critical evaluation.
After completing the knowledge acquisition questions, participants were then provided with information about examination results, and they were asked a set of clinical reasoning questions about direct patient care, patient/family education, and prognosis.
