Assessing cognitively complex strategy use in an untrained domain

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-137

  Jackson, George T ^a   Guess, Rebekah H ^a   Mcnamara, Danielle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic assessment; Empirical validation; Intelligent tutoring systems; Reading strategies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; COMPREHENSION; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; READING; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; READING;

EID: 77958116478     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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