TY - GEN
T1 - Interactive paraphrase training
T2 - The development and testing of an iSTART module
AU - McNamara, Danielle S.
AU - Boonthum, Chutima
AU - Kurby, Christopher A.
AU - Magliano, Joe
AU - Pillarisetti, Srinivasa
AU - Bellissens, Cedrick
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Comprehension of science texts is challenging, particularly when the reader lacks the skills or knowledge necessary to fill in conceptual gaps in the text content. The iSTART system was developed to help readers learn and practice reading strategies to improve their ability to comprehend challenging text. This study describes a new iSTART module recently developed and tested, called Interactive Paraphrasing (IP), in which students are interactively and adaptively taught how to paraphrase sentences. We compared the effects of iSTART to iSTART with IP (IP-iSTART) with high school students on their strategy use and ability to comprehend text. IP-iSTART increased skilled readers' self-explanation quality, improved their ability to answer online comprehension questions, and increased their use of paraphrases after training. Less skilled readers benefited most in self-explanation quality from the original version of iSTART. Results are discussed in terms of tailoring reading strategy training to the needs of the reader.
AB - Comprehension of science texts is challenging, particularly when the reader lacks the skills or knowledge necessary to fill in conceptual gaps in the text content. The iSTART system was developed to help readers learn and practice reading strategies to improve their ability to comprehend challenging text. This study describes a new iSTART module recently developed and tested, called Interactive Paraphrasing (IP), in which students are interactively and adaptively taught how to paraphrase sentences. We compared the effects of iSTART to iSTART with IP (IP-iSTART) with high school students on their strategy use and ability to comprehend text. IP-iSTART increased skilled readers' self-explanation quality, improved their ability to answer online comprehension questions, and increased their use of paraphrases after training. Less skilled readers benefited most in self-explanation quality from the original version of iSTART. Results are discussed in terms of tailoring reading strategy training to the needs of the reader.
KW - Feedback
KW - Paraphrase evaluation
KW - Reading strategy
KW - Self-explanation
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-028-5-181
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-028-5-181
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:73149118949
SN - 9781607500285
T3 - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
SP - 181
EP - 188
BT - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
PB - IOS Press BV
ER -