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Dynamics of Learning: Time-Varying Feedback Effects within the Intelligent Tutoring System of Structure Strategy (ITSS)
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Lee, Jungmin; Chow, Sy-Miin; Lei, Puiwa; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Molenaar, Peter C. M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
The intelligent tutoring system of structure strategy (ITSS) is a web-based digital tutoring system proven to be effective in helping students recognize and use text structures to comprehend and recall texts. However, little is known about the dynamic learning processes within the ITSS. This study aims to investigate the effects of feedback dosage…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Time Factors (Learning), Web Based Instruction
Comparative Signaling Generated for Expository Texts by 4th-8th Graders: Variations by Text Structure Strategy Instruction, Comprehension Skill, and Signal Word
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lei, Puiwa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Explicit signals of important relationships in expository texts can provide efficient processing instructions for readers with strategic knowledge about text structures. However, such signal words do not help readers without strategic knowledge about use of text structures and signal words. This study provided the first detailed investigation…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7
Comparative Signaling Generated for Expository Texts by 4th-8th Graders: Variations by Text Structure Strategy Instruction, Comprehension Skill, and Signal Word
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lei, Puiwa – Grantee Submission, 2018
Explicit signals of important relationships in expository texts can provide efficient processing instructions for readers with strategic knowledge about text structures. However, such signal words do not help readers without strategic knowledge about use of text structures and signal words. This study provided the first detailed investigation…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 7
Improving Content Area Reading Comprehension of Spanish Speaking English Learners in Grades 4 and 5 Using Web-Based Text Structure Instruction
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Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa; Hernandez, Anita C.; August, Diane L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Reading and comprehending content area texts is important for academic and professional success as well as life skills necessary to maintain good health and quality lifestyle. Spanish speaking English language learners have shown poor performance on high-stakes assessments in reading comprehension. The number of Spanish speaking English learners…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners
Improving Content Area Reading Comprehension of Spanish Speaking English Learners in Grades 4 and 5 Using Web-Based Text Structure Instruction
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Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa; Hernandez, Anita C.; August, Diane L. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Reading and comprehending content area texts is important for academic and professional success as well as life skills necessary to maintain good health and quality lifestyle. Spanish speaking English language learners have shown poor performance on high-stakes assessments in reading comprehension. The number of Spanish speaking English learners…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners
Web-Based Text Structure Strategy Instruction Improves Seventh Graders' Content Area Reading Comprehension
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Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Reading comprehension in the content areas is a challenge for many middle grade students. Text structure-based instruction has yielded positive outcomes in reading comprehension at all grade levels in small and large studies. The text structure strategy delivered via the web, called Intelligent Tutoring System for the Text Structure Strategy…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Pretests Posttests, Web Based Instruction
Evidence of an Intelligent Tutoring System as a Mindtool to Promote Strategic Memory of Expository Texts and Comprehension with Children in Grades 4 and 5
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Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa; Cheng, Weiyi; Ji, Xuejun; Joshi, R. M. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
Reading and comprehending content area texts require learners to effectively select and encode with hierarchically strategic memory structures in order to combine new information with prior knowledge. Unfortunately, evidence from state and national tests shows that children fail to successfully navigate the reading comprehension challenges they…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Memory, Expository Writing