Personalization of reading passages improves vocabulary acquisition

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-98

  Heilman, Michael ^a   Collins Thompson, Kevyn ^a   Callan, Jamie ^a   Eskenazi, Maxine ^a   Juffs, Alan ^b   Wilson, Lois ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

English as a Second Language; Intelligent Tutoring System; Motivation; Personal Interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650165914     PISSN: 15604292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAI-2010-0003     Document Type: Article

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