Combining Concept Mapping and Adaptive Advice to Teach Reading Comprehension

摘要

This paper describes a computerized learning environment for teaching theconceptual patterns of critical literacy. While the full implementation of the software treats both reading and writing this paper covers only the reading aspects of R-WISE (Reading and Writing in a Supportive Environment). The software described posits the computer as an environment, where scaffolding and adaptive advice gently guide the fledgling learner through complex, multi-dimensional intellectual activities. The software encourages students to practice powerful strategies for reading comprehension in a computer-mediated environment that fosters guided-inductive learning and ensures mindful engagement in the task. R-WISE guides the internalization and self-initiation of higher-order processes and metacognition, which the novice reader is unlikely to activate without prompting.