The problem

Only

2 out of 3

students are not proficient in reading

For a struggling reader...

This...

Cleaning equipment is vital to all sorts of scientific manufacturing processes.

...looks like this

This paper presents an advanced process control system (APCS) for autoclave processing of composite materials, currently under development. The goal for the APCS is to develop and implement optimized autoclave process cycles that can reduce manufacturing cycle times and product variability, thereby both reducing the costs and improving the quality of advanced composite materials.

They need support

But in a class of 30 students, 20 will need reading support from the teacher.

Not enough time

In a 50 minute class, that leaves just 2.5 minutes per struggling reader.

How to support

Helping teachers reach struggling readers requires scaffolding resources for them.

Ma, W., Adesope, O. O., Nesbit, J. C., & Liu, Q. (2014). Intelligent tutoring systems and learning outcomes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106(4), 901–918. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037123

Key Challenge

Scaffolding resources is incredibly time, effort, and expertise intensive.

Our solution

Using AI and machine learning, structal automatically scaffolds resources based on the latest reading research.

The technology highlights words or phrases where students can get support. When students hover on a highlight, a tooltip gives them support.

The supports make the implicit in a text explicit

This helps learners access non-fiction texts
without sacrificing academic rigor

Process:

1. Install on site
2. Audit supports
3. Display supports to learners

Latest research

For example, academic language scaffolds will use new research-backed recommendations, finally making the vague concept of academic language concrete.

Thank you!

Questions?