iSTART

Computer-based training system for Self-explanation strategies, based on SERT (McNamara, D. (2004). SERT: Self-explanation reading training. Discourse Processes, 38(1), 1–30)

Consistently shows stronger benefits for students with less

• McNamara, D. S., Levinstein, I. B., & Boonthum, C. (2004). iSTART: Interactive strategy training for active reading and thinking. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 36(2), 222–233
• O’Reilly, T., Sinclair, G. P., & McNamara, D. S. (2004). Reading Strategy Training: Automated Verses Live. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 26.
• McNamara, D. S., O’Reilly, T. P., Best, R. M., & Ozuru, Y. (2006). Improving Adolescent Students’ Reading Comprehension with iSTART. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 34(2), 147–171