Dynamic Reading Comprehension Visualization in Digital Course Texts

Dennis Menze, Niels Seidel, Slavisa Radovic

2025

Abstract

Both reading textbooks and answering quizzes lead to better recall of learning content and better learning outcomes, especially when both forms are combined interactively. Nevertheless, existing solutions in learning management systems usually offer reading and quizzes separately. This work aims to improve this by measuring and visualizing students’ reading progress and reading comprehension based on their answers to automatically displayed questions about the text sections they have just read. In this paper, we present an adaptive system for supporting reading comprehension. A randomized trial with 57 students showed high engagement with both the reading material and embedded questions, demonstrating the technical feasibility of integrating comprehension support into digital course texts. Finally, possible extensions to improve adaptivity, interventions, automation, and measurement of reading comprehension are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Menze D., Seidel N. and Radovic S. (2025). Dynamic Reading Comprehension Visualization in Digital Course Texts. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-746-7, SciTePress, pages 266-273. DOI: 10.5220/0013216100003932

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu25,
author={Dennis Menze and Niels Seidel and Slavisa Radovic},
title={Dynamic Reading Comprehension Visualization in Digital Course Texts},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2025},
pages={266-273},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013216100003932},
isbn={978-989-758-746-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Dynamic Reading Comprehension Visualization in Digital Course Texts
SN - 978-989-758-746-7
AU - Menze D.
AU - Seidel N.
AU - Radovic S.
PY - 2025
SP - 266
EP - 273
DO - 10.5220/0013216100003932
PB - SciTePress