Automated, computer-based reading tutoring systems and methods
First Claim
1. An automated, computer-based reading tutoring system comprising at least one domain of discourse accessible by a student via a computer system, said at least one domain of discourse including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty available for the student to read via a monitor of the computer system;
- semantic space method means for receiving a summary prepared by the student and submitted via the computer system of one of said instructional passages read by the student, said semantic space method means being adapted to automatically evaluate the summary for congruence with said one of said instructional passages and to automatically determine which of said instructional passages from said domain of discourse the student should read next based on the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages; and
immediate feedback data capable of being provided to the student via the computer system and including an indicator reflective of the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages and including the identity of which of said instructional passages the student should read next.
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Abstract
An automated, computer-based reading tutoring system is accessed via a computer system and includes a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty. A semantic space module of the reading tutoring system operates on a semantic space, which is produced by a machine-learning method, to automatically evaluate a student-submitted summary of a selected instructional passage for congruence with the selected instructional passage and to automatically determine which instructional passage the student should optimally read next. The reading tutoring system includes immediate feedback data provided to the student and including an indicator reflective of the student'"'"'s reading comprehension and the identity of the instructional passage that the student should read next. An automated, computer-based method of reading tutoring comprises the steps of receiving a student-submitted summary of a selected instructional passage from a domain of discourse, automatically evaluating the summary to obtain a measure of the student'"'"'s reading comprehension and, based on this evaluation, automatically selecting an instructional passage for the student to read next.
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44 Claims
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1. An automated, computer-based reading tutoring system comprising at least one domain of discourse accessible by a student via a computer system, said at least one domain of discourse including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty available for the student to read via a monitor of the computer system;
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semantic space method means for receiving a summary prepared by the student and submitted via the computer system of one of said instructional passages read by the student, said semantic space method means being adapted to automatically evaluate the summary for congruence with said one of said instructional passages and to automatically determine which of said instructional passages from said domain of discourse the student should read next based on the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages; and
immediate feedback data capable of being provided to the student via the computer system and including an indicator reflective of the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages and including the identity of which of said instructional passages the student should read next. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35)
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15. The automated, computer-based reading tutoring system as recited in claim II wherein said vocabulary tutor module is adapted to present the student with an interactive practice exercise including identification of synonyms and antonyms for the principal vocabulary words.
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18. An automated, computer-based reading tutoring system comprising
at least one domain of discourse accessible by a student via a computer system, said at least one domain of discourse including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty available for the student to read via a monitor of the computer system; -
a semantic space derived from a machine learning method;
a semantic space module for receiving a summary prepared by the student and submitted via the computer system of one of said instructional passages read by the student, said semantic space module operating on said semantic space to automatically evaluate the summary for congruence with said one of said instructional passages and to automatically determine which of said instructional passages from said domain of discourse the student should read next based on the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages; and
immediate feedback data capable of being provided to the student via the computer system and including an indicator reflective of the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages and including the identity of which of said instructional passages the student should read next.
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23. The automated, computer-based method of reading tutoring comprising the steps
of providing a domain of discourse accessible by a student via a computer system and including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty; -
selecting one of the instructional passages to appear on a monitor of the computer system for the student to read;
receiving a summary of the selected instructional passage prepared by the student and submitted via the computer system;
automatically evaluating the summary for congruence with the selected instructional passage to obtain a measure of the student'"'"'s reading comprehension;
automatically selecting an instructional passage from the domain of discourse that the student should optimally read next based on the measure of the student'"'"'s reading comprehension;
communicating feedback data to the student, via the computer system, including an indicator reflective of the student'"'"'s reading comprehension and the identity of the instructional passage that the student should optimally read next; and
repeating said receiving, said automatically evaluating, said automatically selecting and said communicating steps for the instructional passage that the student reads next. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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32. The automated, computer-based method of reading tutoring as recited in claim wherein sais step of selecting the principal vocabulary words includes selecting the principal vocabulary words based on word features including word length, frequency of occurrence in printed matter and word difficulty.
- 33. The automated, computer-based method of reading tutoring as recited in claim wherein said step of providing the student access to a fluency tutor includes audibly communicating an audibly correct reading of the selected instructional passage to the student via the computer system, receiving an audible reading of the selected instructional passage by the student via the computer system and automatically evaluating the audible reading for accuracy and speed against the correct reading, and said step of communicating feedback data includes communicating information regarding the accuracy and speed of the audible reading.
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37. An automated, computer-based method of self-guided reading tutoring comprising the steps of
accessing a computer-based reading tutoring system via a computer system; -
viewing a selected instructional passage form a domain of discourse, including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty, of the reading tutoring system on a monitor of the computer system;
reading the selected instructional passage;
preparing a summary of the selected instructional passage;
submitting the summary to the reading tutoring system via the computer system;
receiving immediate feedback data from the reading tutoring system via the computer system including an indicator reflective of the congruence of the summary with the selected instructional passage and including the identity of one or more recommended instructional passages from the domain of discourse that should be read next based on the congruence of the summary with the selected instructional passage; and
repeating said steps of viewing, reading, preparing, submitting and receiving for one of the recommended instructional passages.
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