ERIC Number: ED577123
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 5
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StairStepper: An Adaptive Remedial iSTART Module
Perret, Cecile A.; Johnson, Amy M.; McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Guerrero, Tricia A.; Dai, Jianmin; McNamara, Danielle S.
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (18th, 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 complex texts, StairStepper focuses on improving learners' performance when reading grade-level expository texts. StairStepper is designed as a scaffolded practice activity wherein text difficulty level and task are adapted according to learners' performance. This offers a unique module that provides reading comprehension tutoring through a combination of self-explanation practice and answering of multiple-choice questions representative of those found in standardized tests. [This paper was published in: E. Andre, R. Baker, X. Hu, M. M. T. Rodrigo, & B. du Boulay (Eds.), "Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education" (pp. 557-560). Wuhan, China: Springer.]
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Office of Naval Research (ONR)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A130124; N00014140343; N000141712300