Student Models Review and Distance Education

The current chapter is a review of the variety of student models that have been reported in the literature. The chapter can virtually be divided in two parts: The first part outlines a number of typical examples of student models that have been developed in order to indicate why these models have been developed, what are their uses and the achievements of student models in education. The second part discusses how the student models can be useful in distance education, what are the criteria for testing the applicability of such models and finally reports student models that may apply in asynchronous distance education