A comparison of adaptive learning within the SOI model using paper and computer presentation

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to analyses adaptive learning of elementary students’ reading comprehension within multi-strategy using different tools. By applying the SOI model (Mayer 1996), three knowledge constructions of cognitive process, the reading comprehension for guiding three cognitive processes is developed in our design website tool named Multiple Online Reading Strategies System. The three multifunctional strategies in online reading strategies system, Selecting relevant information, Organizing incoming information, and Integrating incoming information with exist knowledge, could be applied to highlighting important information, concept mapping, and summarizing to determine topic sentences or important sentences in an article. Data are collected from elementary school in Taiwan and 245 questionnaires are collected in our study. These data are analyzed by the SPSS-for-windows software with statistical methods, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results of the empirical study suggest that adopting the highlighting method for students to understand articles and employing concept mapping and summarizing strategies to improve students’ comparative analysis capabilities are conducive to establishing compact reading strategies for them whether students use online or on paper.