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Albacete, Patricia; Silliman, Scott; Jordan, Pamela – Grantee Submission, 2017
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), like human tutors, try to adapt to student's knowledge level so that the instruction is tailored to their needs. One aspect of this adaptation relies on the ability to have an understanding of the student's initial knowledge so as to build on it, avoiding teaching what the student already knows and focusing on…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Knowledge Level, Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
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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