Patent ID: 7062220
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. An automated, computer-based reading tutoring system comprising at least one domain of discourse accessible by a student via a computer system, said at least one domain of discourse including a plurality of instructional passages of different, predetermined levels of reading difficulty available for the student to read via a monitor of the computer system; semantic space method means for receiving a summary prepared by the student and submitted via the computer system of one of said instructional passages read by the student, said semantic space method means being adapted to automatically evaluate the summary for congruence with said one of said instructional passages and to automatically determine which of said instructional passages from said domain of discourse the student should read next based on the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages; and immediate feedback data capable of being provided to the student via the computer system and including an indicator reflective of the congruence of the summary with said one of said instructional passages and including the identity of which of said instructional passages the student should read next.