iSTART-Early: Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking for Young Developing Readers

iSTART-Early: Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking for Young Developing Readers iSTART-Early: Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking for Young Developing Readers The goal is to develop iSTART-Early, an intelligent tutoring system that provides automated instruction and practice on higher-order reading comprehension strategies to 3rd and 4th graders. We will achieve this objective using design-based implementation research (DBIR) in close collaboration with our school partners. Specifically, we will (a) develop the iSTART-Early platform, (b) examine usability and feasibility of the iSTART-Early instruction, and (c) examine promise of the iSTART-Early instruction. iSTART-Early provides instruction and practice designed to improve deep comprehension for students in a critical, yet under-supported, time of reading development. The proposed research will not only provide a tangible educational technology, but will advance our understanding of how educational technologies can improve learning from texts.