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Direct linkMcCarthy, Kathryn S.; Watanabe, Micah; Dai, Jianmin; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2020
Computer-based learning environments (CBLEs) provide unprecedented opportunities for personalized learning at scale. One such system, iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking) is an adaptive, game-based tutoring system for reading comprehension. This paper describes how efforts to increase personalized learning have…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Reading Comprehension, High School Students, Educational Technology
Download full textMcCarthy, Kathryn S.; Watanabe, Micah; Dai, Jianmin; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Computer-based learning environments (CBLEs) provide unprecedented opportunities for personalized learning at scale. One such system, iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking) is an adaptive, game-based tutoring system for reading comprehension. This paper describes how efforts to increase personalized learning have…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Reading Comprehension, High School Students, Educational Technology
Kim, James S.; Guryan, Jonathan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
There are several goals guiding this study. First, the authors use an experimental design to examine the causal effects of giving children 10 self-selected books over two summers. Second, they examine whether treatment effects are moderated by children's family income (i.e., eligibility for free- and reduced-price lunch). As a result, they examine…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Research Design, Reading Materials, Family Income
Long, Deanna – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of E-readers during guided reading instruction would affect students' reading motivation, attitude toward reading, and reading comprehension. The study utilized on a quasi-experimental mixed methods research design that involved 35 fifth grade students in two fifth grade reading classes. For 10…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Reading Attitudes
What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The study of "Thinking Reader"[R] is a multisite cluster randomized controlled trial. Ninety-two reading/English language arts teachers from 32 elementary and middle schools were randomly assigned within their schools to either the "Thinking Reader"[R] condition or the comparison condition. The analysis sample consisted of 90…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Reading Instruction
Newman, Dianna L.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Evaluation Consortium, 2012
In October 2009, The New York State Education Department (NYSED), in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), was granted funding as part of the "Striving Readers Project" to address the literacy needs of adolescent struggling readers early in middle school. The goal of the project was to implement and examine…
Descriptors: Intention, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Student Needs
