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Perret, Cecile A.; Johnson, Amy M.; McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Guerrero, Tricia A.; Dai, Jianmin; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
This paper introduces StairStepper, a new addition to Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking (iSTART), an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that provides adaptive self-explanation training and practice. Whereas iSTART focuses on improving comprehension at levels geared toward answering challenging questions associated with…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reading Strategies
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Snow, Erica L.; Jacovina, Matthew E.; Jackson, G. Tanner; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This chapter provides an overview of the Interactive Strategy Tutor for Active Reading and Thinking-2 (iSTART-2). iSTART-2 is a game-based tutoring system designed to improve students' reading comprehension skills. It does so by providing them with instruction on how to self-explain using comprehension strategies. In this chapter, we first discuss…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Educational Games