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Direct linkHollander, John; Sabatini, John; Graesser, Art – Grantee Submission, 2021
Twenty-first century literacy includes a mixture of digital and print literacy skills and strategies. AutoTutor for Adult Reading Comprehension is a web-based intelligent tutoring system that is designed to help adult learners develop effective reading comprehension strategies. Lessons span basic reading skills (vocabulary, word parts),…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Colby Hall; Katlynn Dahl-Leonard; Garrett J. Roberts; Philip Capin; Delanie Peacott; Lauren Thayer; Kristin Conradi Smith – Grantee Submission, 2025
Although phonics knowledge and decoding skill are important for academic and life success, there is little research that examines the effects of home-based, family-implemented instruction on the development of these early literacy skills. The purpose of this multiple baseline across participants single case experimental design study was to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Parents, Parents as Teachers, Parent Background
Graesser, Arthur C.; Greenberg, Daphne; Frijters, Jan C.; Talwar, Amani – Grantee Submission, 2021
A large percentage of adults throughout the world have low reading skills. Computer technologies can potentially help these adults improve their literacy in addition to instructors at literacy centers. AutoTutor was designed to teach comprehension strategies by implementing conversational "trialogues" in which two computer agents (tutor…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Learner Engagement, Reading Comprehension, Intervention
Johnson, Amy M.; Guerrero, Tricia A.; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
There is little empirical research available on the substantial problem of adult low literacy rates, and limited educational technologies are available to address distinct instructional needs of this population. This paper reports on development and testing of a version of Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking (iSTART) for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Reading Strategies
Baer, Whitney O.; Cheng, Qinyu; McGlown, Cadarrius; Gong, Yan; Cai, Zhiqiang; Graesser, Arthur C. – Grantee Submission, 2016
The Center for the Study of Adult Literacy (CSAL) seeks to improve our understanding of ways to advance the reading skills of adult learners. Our web-based instructional tutor uses trialogues in the AutoTutor framework to deliver lessons in reading comprehension. We have found a way to manipulate proven comprehension strategies to fit the daily…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Literacy Education, Adult Literacy
