Scalable and Sustainable Technologies for Reading Instruction and Assessment

该项目将计划创建和评估一个雄心勃勃的计划，以提高阅读和写作成绩的参与博尔德谷学区（K-12）和科罗拉多州教育部。该项目汇集了认知科学家，语音科学家，教育研究人员，计算机科学家，管理人员和教育工作者的团队，致力于设计一个使用最先进的语言技术的程序，以帮助学生学习流利地阅读和有效地创造性地写作。规划阶段的具体目标包括：（a）建立完整的跨学科团队，（B）与科罗拉多学校的管理人员和教育工作者合作，创建一个综合方案，其中互动学习工具最佳地补充和加强现有的教学方法，（c）制定一个评估方案有效性的评估计划。 这项工作将与教师密切合作进行，包括设计一个初步方案，其中阅读导师将用于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，阅读流畅性，理解和写作技能。虽然该小组成员目前的大部分工作都集中在早期阅读指导上，但一些方法（例如，以理解为基础的方法，促进阅读学习）也与以后的年级有关。

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.