This volume's goal is to begin to document the dialogue processes in naturally-occurring human tutoring, in the context of informing the design of intelligent tutoring systems, and of interactive systems in general.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Methodology. Tutoring Dialogue Structure. Openings. Correction in Tutoring. Interaction as a Diagnostic Resource in Tutoring. The Target of Tutoring. Bandwidth. Indeterminacy and Rules. Conclusions.