Adaptive literacy instruction in iStart and W-Pal: implementing the inner and outer loop

Amy M. Johnson; Cecile A. Perret; Micah Watanabe; Kristopher J. Kopp; Kathryn S. McCarthy; Danielle S. McNamara

Adaptive literacy instruction in iStart and W-Pal: implementing the inner and outer loop

Amy M. Johnson, Cecile A. Perret, Micah Watanabe, Kristopher J. Kopp, Kathryn S. McCarthy, Danielle S. McNamara

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Abstract

Though the affordances of intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) are particularly useful for literacy instruction, developing accurate automated feedback in reading and writing present challenges for developers. This chapter outlines some of these challenges in the context of providing both inner-loop and outer-loop feedback (VanLehn, 2006) and describes how we have addressed these challenges in our systems, iSTART and W-Pal. We report on the theoretical and practical development of student and instructional models that are sensitive to students' evolving literacy skills. The chapter offers an explanation of how we posit the implementation of outer-loop adaptivity can enhance learning of literacy skills in ITSs more broadly.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Tutoring and Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Publisher	Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Pages	221-248
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9781536140866
ISBN (Print)	9781536140859
State	Published - Aug 28 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ill-defined domains
Inner and outer loop adaptivity
Literacy instruction
Natural language processing
Pedagogical design

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Social Sciences(all)

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