J.
EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING RESEARCH, Vol.
32(2) 185-208, 2005
CHANGES IN READING STRATEGIES AS A FUNCTION
OF READING TRAINING: A COMPARISON OF
LIVE AND COMPUTERIZED TRAINING
JOSEPH P.
MAGLIANO
STACEY TODARO
KEITH MILLIS
KATJA WIEMER-HASTINGS
Northern...
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J.
EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING RESEARCH, Vol.
32(2) 185-208, 2005
CHANGES IN READING STRATEGIES AS A FUNCTION
OF READING TRAINING: A COMPARISON OF
LIVE AND COMPUTERIZED TRAINING
JOSEPH P.
MAGLIANO
STACEY TODARO
KEITH MILLIS
KATJA WIEMER-HASTINGS
Northern Illinois University
H.
JOYCE KIM
Rhodes College
DANIELLE S.
MCNAMARA
The University of Memphis
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of live
(SERT) and computer-based (iSTART) reading strategy training.
Prior to and
after training, participants read scientific texts and self-explained after each
sentence.
They also answered comprehension questions.
Students showed
improvement in the quality of their self-explanations and in the performance
on the comprehension questions as a function of both live and computer-based
training.
However, there were some differences in response to iSTART
training as a function of reading skill.
Specifically, less skilled readers
improved their performance on text-b
Less
