Abstract
This report describes an experimental computer-based educational system called automatic question generation (AUTOQUEST) for assisting independent study of written text. Studies of reading comprehension have shown that retention of material is enhanced if the student is periodically required to answer questions about what he has read (Anderson & Biddle, 1975; Anderson et al., 1974; Alessi et al., 1974; Anderson et al., 1975a, 1975b). This principle has been employed in computer-managed instruction, but it requires considerable human effort to prepare the questions.
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Automatic question generation from text - an aid to independent study
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SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and educationThis report describes an experimental computer-based educational system called automatic question generation (AUTOQUEST) for assisting independent study of written text. Studies of reading comprehension have shown that retention of material is enhanced ...
Automatic question generation from text - an aid to independent study
Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science educationThis report describes an experimental computer-based educational system called automatic question generation (AUTOQUEST) for assisting independent study of written text. Studies of reading comprehension have shown that retention of material is enhanced ...






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