Large-scale randomized controlled trial with 4th graders using intelligent tutoring of the structure strategy to improve nonfiction reading comprehension
Primary school (grades 1–6) AI and learning Foundations of optimal learning
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| Claim | Basis |
|---|---|
| C10 | Classroom-randomised trial, 130 grade-4 classrooms: a reading-strategy tutor used weekly for a school year raised the standardised Gray Silent Reading Test by ES .10 (p = .08, not significant). Kill-condition test survived 2026-10-16 (extra run 2), with Wijekumar et al. 2014. |
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Syntes: Large-scale randomized controlled trial with 4th graders using intelligent tutoring of the structure strategy to improve nonfiction reading comprehension (2012)
Källa: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-012-9263-4 (Educational Technology Research and Development 60, 987–1013)
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- Classroom-randomised trial (within schools; small schools blocked), 130 grade-4 classrooms analysed (64 ITSS, 66 control), rural and suburban Pennsylvania, 2009/10.
- ITSS (web-based intelligent tutor for the structure strategy) used as a partial substitute for the language-arts curriculum for the school year; the tutor models the strategy and checks each part of the learner's answer with rule-based feedback.
- Gray Silent Reading Test (standardised): class-level posttest 29.19 vs 27.86; adjusted difference 1.07, t(82) = 1.77, p = .08, effect size .10. Researcher-designed measures: ES .11–.49, significant.
- Read: full text (author copy, literacy.io) 2026-10-16; not stored.
Metadata as recorded
- ID
- AI-033
- Tier
- RCT
- Titel
- Large-scale randomized controlled trial with 4th graders using intelligent tutoring of the structure strategy to improve nonfiction reading comprehension
- År
- 2012
- Källa/DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-012-9263-4 (Educational Technology Research and Development 60, 987–1013)
- Typ
- journal article
- Åldersgrupp
- grundskola-lag
- Teman
- ai-och-larande;optimalt-larande-grunder
- Hämtad
- 2026-10-16
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