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TuinLEC, an intelligent tutoring system to improve reading literacy skills / TuinLEC, un tutor inteligente para mejorar la competencia lectora

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Pages 25-56 | Received 21 Sep 2012, Accepted 17 Jun 2013, Published online: 10 Apr 2014
 

Abstract

This study describes an intelligent tutoring system to improve reading literacy skills called TuinLEC and it presents the results of its application to a group of sixth grade students. TuinLEC adopts the reading literacy theoretical framework of PISA (Program for International Students Assessment, OECD, 2009). TuinLEC includes eight lessons distributed in two phases, one for modeling and guided practice, and the second for independent practice. TuinLEC interacts with every student and it provides help and feedback for the task in a game-like environment. Half of the students were taught with TuinLEC, whereas the other half served as the control group. Children in both groups were paired according to reading comprehension scores. We measured students’ reading literacy skills after intervention, which showed that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group. Students who were taught with TuinLEC were also given a questionnaire measuring satisfaction, usability, and self-efficacy; TuinLEC scored positively in all these measurements. We discuss how TuinLEC can improve the reading literacy skills of sixth-graders as well as the contribution of intelligent tutoring systems to instructional interventions.

Resumen

Se describe un tutor inteligente (TuinLEC) para mejorar la competencia lectora y se presentan los resultados de su aplicación a un grupo de estudiantes de 6º de Primaria. TuinLEC adopta el marco teórico de competencia lectora de PISA (Program for International Students Assessment, OECD, 2009). Consta de ocho lecciones distribuidas en dos fases, una de modelado y práctica guiada, y otra de práctica independiente. TuinLEC interactúa con cada aprendiz proporcionando ayuda y retroalimentación individualizada en un entorno lúdico. La mitad de los estudiantes siguieron TuinLEC mientras la otra mitad sirvió como grupo control, emparejándolos en comprensión lectora y tomándose medidas de competencia lectora después de la aplicación. El grupo experimental obtuvo ganancias significativas respecto al control. Se evaluó igualmente la satisfacción, usabilidad y sentimiento de autoeficacia de los participantes en TuinLEC, obteniéndose resultados positivos. El artículo discute las posibilidades de TuinLEC para mejorar la competencia lectora así como el potencial de los tutores inteligentes en la enseñanza.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimientos

This research has been funded by the ‘Competencia para la capacidad de lectura de PISA: Procesos, diagnóstico e intervención educativa’ (‘Skills for PISA Reading Literacy: Processes, Assessment, and Educational Intervention,’ Reference: EDU2008-03072) and ‘Desarrollo de un tutor inteligente para enseñar competencias lectoras: Un prototipo de libro de texto electrónico inteligente para materias curriculares’ (‘Development of an Intelligent Tutoring System to Teach Reading Literacy Skills: An Intelligent Electronic Textbook Prototype for Curriculum Materials,’ Reference: EDU2011-27091) projects, granted by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Ministry of Science and Innovation), and with Dr. Eduardo Vidal-Abarca as the principal investigator. /Esta investigación ha sido financiada a partir de los proyectos ‘Competencia para la capacidad de lectura de PISA: Procesos, diagnóstico e intervención educativa’ (Referencia: EDU2008-03072) y ‘Desarrollo de un tutor inteligente para enseñar competencias lectoras: Un prototipo de libro de texto electrónico inteligente para materias curriculares’ (Referencia: EDU2011-27091), concedidos por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y con investigador principal el Dr. Eduardo Vidal-Abarca.

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