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iSTART

Capabilities

Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking

PI: Danielle McNamara
Funding Agency: IES.
Amount: $1,770,514.

Significant Publications:

McNamara, D. S., O’Reilly, T., Best, R., & Ozuru, Y. (2006). Improving adolescent students’ reading comprehension with iSTART. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 34, 147–171.
McNamara, D. S., O’Reilly, T., Rowe, M., Boonthum, C., & Levinstein, I. B. (2007). iSTART: A web-based tutor that teaches self-explanation and metacognitive reading strategies. In D. S. McNamara (Ed.), Reading comprehension strategies: Theories, interventions, and technologies (pp. 397–421). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

The ADL-CITSRD is located in the FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) on the campus of the University of Memphis. Researchers associated with the center are faculty, researchers, post-doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students in the Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS). The center researchers have extensive experience in research, development, and evaluation of advanced learning environments.

Research Capabilities
Cognitive studies of learning systems
Impact study of Learning Technology in Applied Settings

Development Capabilities
ITS enhancement of learning content

Service Capabilities
Usability Analysis for Learning Environments
Text Analysis Using Computational Linguistics Tools

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Last Updated: 1/5/12