System and Method for Evaluating Reading Comprehension
AssigneeDrexel University
InventorsLori Severino, Mary Jane Tecce DeCarlo, Meltem Izzetoglu, Alexa Peluso, Shane Miller, Obinna Otti
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Abstract
A method for evaluating reading comprehension is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least one printed passage of text; providing a test subject, the test subject wearing a device for measuring brain frontal lobe usage; requiring the test subject to read the printed passage; providing a question based on the printed passage for the test subject to answer; and determining whether the device measures brain frontal lobe usage. A system for performing the method is also provided.
Claims20
A method for evaluating reading comprehension comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing at least one printed passage of text;
- (b) providing a test subject, the test subject wearing a device for measuring brain frontal lobe usage;
- (c) requiring the test subject to read the printed passage;
- (d) providing a question based on the printed passage for the test subject to answer;
- (e) requiring the test subject to answer the question;
- and
- (f) determining whether the device measures brain frontal lobe usage during step (e).
A system for evaluating reading comprehension comprising:
- a device for measuring frontal lobe activity;
- at least one text passage;
- and
- at least one question based on the text passage, the at least one question having a correct answer and at least one incorrect answer;
- wherein, when the device is applied to a test subject and, after the test subject reads the at least one text passage and the at least one question, the device is adapted to provide an indication of whether the test subject used brain frontal lobe activity to answer the at least one question.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.