Scalable and Sustainable Technologies for Reading Instruction and Assessment

Kintsch总结该项目将计划创建和评估一项雄心勃勃的计划，以提高阅读和写作成绩，博尔德谷学区(K-12)和科罗拉多州教育部参与其中。该项目汇集了认知科学家、言语科学家、教育研究人员、计算机科学家、管理人员和教育工作者组成的团队，致力于设计一个程序，使用最先进的语言技术来帮助学生学习流利的阅读和有效而有创意的写作。规划阶段的具体目标包括(A)建立完整的跨学科团队，(B)与科罗拉多州学校的管理人员和教育工作者合作，创建一个综合计划，在该计划中，互动学习工具以最佳方式补充和增强现有的教学方法，(C)制定评估计划的有效性。这项工作将与教师密切合作，包括设计一个初步计划，在该计划中，阅读导师将识别和解释学生的阅读和写作行为，并提供反馈，以提高语音意识、阅读流利性、理解和写作技能。虽然小组成员目前的大部分工作都集中在早期阅读教学上，但一些方法(例如，促进阅读学习的基于理解的方法)也适用于以后的年级。

Kintsch SummaryThe project will plan for the creation and assessment of an ambitious program to improve reading and writing achievement with the participation of Boulder Valley School District (K-12) and the State of Colorado Department of Education. The project brings together a team of cognitive scientists, speech scientists, educational researchers, computer scientists, administrators and educators to work to design an program that uses state-of-the-art language technologies to help students learn to read fluently and to write effectively and creatively. Specific objectives of the planning phase include (a) establishing the full interdisciplinary team, (b) working with administrators and educators in Colorado schools to create an integrated program in which interactive learning tools optimally complement and enhance existing teaching methods, (c) developing an evaluation plan that will assess the effectiveness of the program. The work will be performed in close collaboration with teachers, including the design of an initial program in which reading tutors will be used to recognize and interpret students' reading and writing behaviors and provide feedback to improve phonological awareness, reading fluency, comprehension and composition skills. Though much of the current work of members of the team is focused on early reading instruction; some of the methods (e.g., the comprehension-based methods that facilitate reading to learn) are also relevant for later grades.