Survey of the Effectiveness of the Application of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) in Classroom

Most of the ITSs evaluation were in experimental stage. ITSs have not been tested in real class room situation or in school level. This research, in order to fill the gap on this regard, conducted a survey questionnaire study on the application and effectiveness of ITS in schools. In this sense, the present paper evaluated the effectiveness of ITS in Tianjin University of Technology and Education School of Information Technology and Engineering. 261 participants filled the survey questionnaire consisted of 8 question items with Likert 5-pointscale. The questionnaire assessed students? subjective view in related to their experience and practice on the ITS; interest on the subject of study using the tutor; easiness and interest towards the tutor; quality features of the tutor; drawback or weakness of the tutor; satisfaction with the marking and result of the tutor; overall quality of the tutor; suggestion and recommendation of the tutor to be used by others. According to the result majority of students ?agreed? on seven question items that they were highly recommended the tutor, the tutor has quality features, satisfied with the marking, interested on the subject of study, the tutor is easy to use, and it has overall quality withstanding that significant portions of the student also indicated that the ITS had drawbacks and problems indicating that effort should be applied to pinpoint exactly the hitches and applying remedial features.