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Direct linkJohn Hollander; John Sabatini; Art Graesser – Grantee Submission, 2022
AutoTutor-ARC (adult reading comprehension) is an intelligent tutoring system that uses conversational agents to help adult learners improve their comprehension skills. However, in such a system, not all lessons and items optimally serve the same purposes. In this paper, we describe a method for classifying items that are "instructive,…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reading Skills, Psychometrics, Reading Comprehension
Joseph P. Magliano; Amani Talwar; Daniel P. Feller; Zuowei Wang; Tenaha O'Reilly; John Sabatini – Grantee Submission, 2023
There is a range of reasons why college students may be underprepared to read, but one possibility is that some college students are below a threshold of proficiency in the component skills of reading. The presence of thresholds means that when students fall below that threshold, their proficiency in that component skill of reading is not…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Comprehension
Joseph P. Magliano; Amani Talwar; Daniel P. Feller; Zuowei Wang; Tenaha O'Reilly; John Sabatini – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
There is a range of reasons why college students may be underprepared to read, but one possibility is that some college students are below a threshold of proficiency in the component skills of reading. The presence of thresholds means that when students fall below that threshold, their proficiency in that component skill of reading is not…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Comprehension
Daniel P. Feller; John Sabatini; Joseph P. Magliano – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study was conducted to better understand the difficulties faced by underprepared college readers, including those enrolled in Developmental Education (DE) programs. The Reading Systems Framework was used as a theoretical motivation. Participants (n = 258) completed a measure of component reading skills (Study Aid and Reading Assessment, word…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Developmental Studies Programs, Reading Skills, Predictor Variables
John Hollander; John Sabatini; Art Graesser; Daphne Greenberg; Tenaha O'Reilly; Jan Frijters – Grantee Submission, 2023
Adult literacy learners are characterized by their diversity, both in terms of educational histories and cognitive skill sets. Accounting for the specific strengths and weaknesses of each learner is vital to the assessment of literacy gains and optimization of educational systems. We examined pre- and post-difference scores on a component reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
John Hollander; John Sabatini; Art Graesser; Daphne Greenberg; Tenaha O'Reilly; Jan Frijters – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
Adult literacy learners are characterized by their diversity, both in terms of educational histories and cognitive skill sets. Accounting for the specific strengths and weaknesses of each learner is vital to the assessment of literacy gains and optimization of educational systems. We examined pre- and post-difference scores on a component reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
John Sabatini; Arthur C. Graesser; John Hollander; Tenaha O'Reilly – Grantee Submission, 2023
We argue in this paper that there is currently no adequate theoretical framework or model that spans the twelve odd year trajectory from non-reader to proficient reader, nor addresses fine-grain skill acquisition, mastery and integration. The target construct itself, reading proficiency, as often operationalized as an endpoint of formal secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Decision Making, Standards
