The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up

G. Tanner Jackson; Chutima Boonthum; Danielle S. McNamara

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_67

The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up

G. Tanner Jackson, Chutima Boonthum, Danielle S. McNamara

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Abstract

iSTART is an Intelligent Tutoring System designed to improve students' reading comprehension skills. iSTART was the main component in a long term experiment (across a full academic year) with 389 students who completed a pretest, interacted with iSTART for 6 months, and then completed a posttest. A new extended practice module was implemented, which provided students with repeated practice across a variety of texts. Analyses found improvement in performance for all students, and indicate that students' initial self-explanation abilities may differ, but these abilities improve and converge as a function of practice.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings
Pages	349-351
Number of pages	3
Edition	PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_67
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States Duration: Jun 14 2010 → Jun 18 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	6095 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh, PA
Period	6/14/10 → 6/18/10

Keywords

Intelligent Tutoring Systems
long-term learning
reading comprehension

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Jackson, G. T., Boonthum, C., & McNamara, D. S. (2010). The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings (PART 2 ed., pp. 349-351). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6095 LNCS, No. PART 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_67

The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up. / Jackson, G. Tanner; Boonthum, Chutima; McNamara, Danielle S.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. 2010. p. 349-351 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6095 LNCS, No. PART 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Jackson, GT, Boonthum, C & McNamara, DS 2010, The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up. in Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 6095 LNCS, pp. 349-351, 10th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 6/14/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_67

Jackson GT, Boonthum C, McNamara DS. The efficacy of iSTART extended practice: Low ability students catch up. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings. PART 2 ed. 2010. p. 349-351. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_67

Jackson, G. Tanner ; Boonthum, Chutima ; McNamara, Danielle S. / The efficacy of iSTART extended practice : Low ability students catch up. Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 10th International Conference, ITS 2010, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. 2010. pp. 349-351 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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