Methods and Software For Providing a Guided Window Tool for Improving Reading Skills

摘要

A computer-based reading-fluency training tool for helping a reader increase her/his reading speed and comprehension. In some embodiments, the training tool includes a reading frame that displays multiple lines of multiline reading material. The displayed multiple lines are masked, and the training tool moves a guided window through the multiple lines in a controlled manner to temporarily unmask a portion of the multiple lines to guide the reader through the reading material. The multiline reading material can be text-based material for reading-comprehension sessions. The multiline material can be symbol-based material for visual-perception training

主权项

1. A method of automatically providing reading fluency training to a reader having a reading rate and a reading efficiency, the method comprising:
presenting multiple lines of multiline reading material as a column within a reading frame on an electronic display, wherein the multiline reading material has a reading direction and the column has a column width; masking the multiple lines of the multiline reading material so as to provide masked reading material; and moving a guided window through the multiline reading material so as to controllably reveal portions of the masked reading material so as to guide the reader across lines of the reading material at a predetermined speed to develop the reading rate and the reading efficiency of the reader, wherein the guided window has:
a length;a height that reveals only a single line of the column;a leading end that moves through the multiline reading material in the reading direction at a leading-end speed; anda trailing end that is spaced from the leading end to define the length of the guided window, the trailing end moving line by line through the multiline reading material in the reading direction at a trailing-end speed.