Personalized learning in iSTART: Past modifications and future design

• Published in: Journal of research on technology in education Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 301 - 321
• Main Authors: McCarthy, Kathryn S., Watanabe, Micah, Dai, Jianmin, McNamara, Danielle S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Eugene Routledge 02.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: adaptive text selection; CAI; Computer Assisted Instruction; Difficulty Level; Educational Technology; Game Based Learning; High School Students; Individualized Instruction; Learning; Lifelong learning; Personalized learning; Program Effectiveness; Reading Comprehension; Reading disabilities; Reading Instruction; Reading Material Selection; Reading Programs; Reading Strategies; Reading Tests; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Technology Uses in Education; text difficulty; Tutoring

Computer-based learning environments (CBLEs) provide unprecedented opportunities for personalized learning at scale. One such system, iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking) is an adaptive, game-based tutoring system for reading comprehension. This paper describes how...