Personalization of Reading Passages Improves Vocabulary Acquisition

Authors:
Michael Heilman;Kevyn Collins-Thompson;Jamie Callan;Maxine Eskenazi;Alan Juffs;Lois Wilson
Affiliations:
Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. mheilman@cs.cmu.edu, kct@cs.cmu.edu, callan@cs.cmu.edu, max@cs.cmu.edu;Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. mheilman@cs.cmu.edu, kct@cs.cmu.edu, callan@cs.cmu.edu, max@cs.cmu.edu;Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. mheilman@cs.cmu.edu, kct@cs.cmu.edu, callan@cs.cmu.edu, max@cs.cmu.edu;Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. mheilman@cs.cmu.edu, kct@cs.cmu.edu, callan@cs.cmu.edu, max@cs.cmu.edu;English Language Institute, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. juffs@pitt.edu, liw@pitt.edu;English Language Institute, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. juffs@pitt.edu, liw@pitt.edu
Venue:
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Year:
2010

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The REAP tutoring system provides individualized and adaptive English as a Second Language vocabulary practice. REAP can automatically personalize instruction by providing practice readings about topics that match interests as well as domain-based, cognitive objectives. While most previous research on motivation in intelligent tutoring environments has focused on increasing extrinsic motivation, this study focused on increasing personal interest. Students were randomly split into control and treatment groups. The control-condition tutor chose texts to maximize domain-based goals such as the density of practice opportunities for target words. The treatment-condition tutor also preferred texts that matched personal interests. The results show positive effects of personalization, and also demonstrate the importance of negotiating between motivational and domain-based goals.