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Publications, Jack Mostow

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• DeSIGN: An Intelligent Tutor to Teach American Sign Language
  L. Xu, V. Varadharajan, J. Maravich, R. Tongia, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the SLaTE Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education. Carnegie Mellon University and International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)., October, 2007. [Abstract]
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• 4-Month Evaluation of a Learner-controlled Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, C. Huang, B. Junker, R. Kennedy, H. Lan, D.T. Latimer, IV, R. O'Connor, R. Tassone, B. Tobin, and A. Wierman
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2005.

• Evaluation purposes, excuses, and methods: Experience from a Reading Tutor that listens
  J. Mostow
  Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology, C. K. Kinzer, L. Verhoeven, ed., Erlbaum Publishers, Mahway, NJ, 2005. [Abstract]

• Faster, better task choice in a reading tutor that listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2005.

• When the Rubber Meets the Road: Lessons from the In-School Adventures of an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow and J.E. Beck
  Conceptualizing Scale-Up Multidisciplinary Perspectives, B. Schneider, ed., 2005. [Abstract]

• Can automated questions scaffold children's reading comprehension?
  J.E. Beck, J. Mostow, and J. Bey
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, September, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Lessons on using ITS data to answer educational research questions
  C. Heiner, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the ITS2004 Workshop on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational Outcomes, August, 2004, pp. 1 - 9. [Abstract]
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• Some useful design tactics for mining ITS data
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the ITS2004 Workshop on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational Outcomes, August, 2004. [Abstract]
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• If I Have a Hammer: Computational Linguistics in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow
  42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL-EACL 2004), July, 2004. [Abstract]

• Improving the Help Selection Policy in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  C. Heiner, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the InSTIL/ICALL Symposium on NLP and Speech Technologies in Advanced Language Learning Systems, June, 2004, pp. 195 - 198. [Abstract]
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• Using automated speech recognition to measure scaffolding and learning effects of word identification interventions in a computer tutor that listens
  J.E. Beck, J. Sison, and J. Mostow
  Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, June, 2004.

• Which Help Helps? Effects of Various Types of Help on Word Learning in an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, and C. Heiner
  Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, June, 2004. [Abstract]

• Automatically assessing oral reading fluency in a computer tutor that listens
  J.E. Beck, P. Jia, and J. Mostow
  Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, Vol. 1, 2004, pp. 61 - 81. [Abstract]
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• Looking Ahead to Select Tutorial Actions: A Decision-Theoretic Approach
  R.C. Murray, K. VanLehn, and J. Mostow
  International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2004. [Abstract]

• Using automated questions to assess reading comprehension, vocabulary, and effects of tutorial interventions
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, J. Bey, A. Cuneo, J. Sison, B. Tobin, and J. Valeri
  Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, Vol. 2, 2004, pp. 97 - 134. [Abstract]
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• Improving Language Models by Learning from Speech Recognition Errors in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  S. Banerjee, J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, and W. Tam
  Second International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence, December, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Evaluating the Effect of Predicting Oral Reading Miscues
  S. Banerjee, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2003), September, 2003, pp. 3165 - 3168. [Abstract]
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• Training a Confidence Measure for a Reading Tutor that Listens
  Y. Tam, J.E. Beck, J. Mostow, and S. Banerjee
  Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2003), September, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Can automated questioning help children's reading comprehension?
  J.E. Beck, J. Mostow, A. Cuneo, and J. Bey
  Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED2003), July, 2003, pp. 380 - 382. [Abstract]
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• Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor: Interactive Event Description
  J. Mostow and J.E. Beck
  Supplemental Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED2003), July, 2003, pp. 30 - 32. [Abstract]
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• An Embedded Experiment to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Vocabulary Previews in an Automated Reading Tutor
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, J. Bey, A. Cuneo, J. Sison, and B. Tobin
  Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, June, 2003. [Abstract]

• Assessing student proficiency in a Reading Tutor that listens
  J.E. Beck, P. Jia, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on User Modeling, June, 2003, pp. 323 - 327. [Abstract]
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• Can Automated Emotional Scaffolding Affect Student Persistence? A Baseline Experiment
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, and J. Valeri
  Proceedings of the Workshop on "Assessing and Adapting to User Attitudes and Affect: Why, When and How?" at the 9th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'03), June, 2003, pp. 61 - 64. [Abstract]
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• Predicting student help-request behavior in an intelligent tutor for reading
  J.E. Beck, P. Jia, J. Sison, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on User Modeling, June, 2003, pp. 303 - 312. [Abstract]
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• Evaluation of an automated Reading Tutor that listens: Comparison to human tutoring and classroom instruction
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, P. Burkhead, A. Corbett, A. Cuneo, S. Eitelman, C. Huang, B. Junker, M.B. Sklar, and B. Tobin
  Journal of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, January, 2003, pp. 61 - 117. [Abstract]

• Viewing and Analyzing Multimodal Human-computer Tutorial Dialogue: A Database Approach
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, R. Chalasani, A. Cuneo, and P. Jia
  Fourth IEEE International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2002), October, 2002, pp. 129 - 134. [Abstract]
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• Predicting oral reading miscues
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, S.V. Winter, S. Wang, and B. Tobin
  Seventh International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP-02), September, 2002. [Abstract]
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• A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, or As Time Goes By: Where does the time go in a Reading Tutor that listens?
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, J.E. Beck, R. Chalasani, A. Cuneo, P. Jia, and K. Kadaru
  Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS'2002), Springer-Verlag, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Adding Human-Provided Emotional Scaffolding to an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens Increases Student Persistence
  G. Aist, B. Kort, R. Reilly, J. Mostow, and R. Picard
  Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS'2002), June, 2002.
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• Automated Comprehension Assessment in a Reading Tutor
  J. Mostow, B. Tobin, and A. Cuneo
  ITS 2002 Workshop on Creating Valid Diagnostic Assessments, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Can a Reading Tutor that Listens use Inter-word Latency to Assess a Student's Reading Ability?
  P. Jia, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  ITS 2002 Workshop on Creating Valid Diagnostic Assessments, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Experimentally Augmenting an Intelligent Tutoring System with Human-Supplied Capabilities: Adding Human-Provided Emotional Scaffolding to an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens
  G. Aist, B. Kort, R. Reilly, J. Mostow, and R. Picard
  ITS 2002 Workshop on Empirical Methods for Tutorial Dialogue Systems, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Independent practice versus computer-guided oral reading: Equal-time comparison of sustained silent reading to an automated reading tutor that listens
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, J. Bey, P. Burkhead, A. Cuneo, B. Junker, S.M. Rossbach, B. Tobin, J. Valeri, and S. Wilson
  Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Viewing and Analyzing Multimodal Human-computer Tutorial Dialogue: A Database Approach
  J. Mostow, J.E. Beck, R. Chalasani, A. Cuneo, and P. Jia
  ITS 2002 Workshop on Empirical Methods for Tutorial Dialogue Systems, June, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Evaluation of an automated Reading Tutor that listens: Comparison to human tutoring and classroom instruction
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, P. Burkhead, unknown, A. Cuneo, S. Eitelman, C. Huang, B. Junker, M.B. Sklar, and B. Tobin
  Journal of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 28, 2002. [Abstract]

• A Decision-Theoretic Approach for Selecting Tutorial Discourse Actions
  R.C. Murray, K.V. Lehn, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the NAACL 2001 Workshop on Adaptation in Dialogue Systems, June, 2001. [Abstract]
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• A hands-on demonstration of Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor and its embedded experiments
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, J. Bey, P. Burkhead, A. Cuneo, S.M. Rossbach, B. Tobin, J. Valeri, and S. Wilson
  The Second Meeting of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, June, 2001. [Abstract]
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• A controlled evaluation of computer- versus human-assisted oral reading
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, P. Burkhead, A. Corbett, A. Cuneo, S. Eitelman, C. Huang, B. Junker, B. Platz, M.B. Sklar, and B. Tobin
  Proceedings of the Tenth Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED) Conference, May, 2001. [Abstract]
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• A Decision-Theoretic Architecture for Selecting Tutorial Discourse Actions
  R.C. Murray, K.V. Lehn, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the AIED-2001 Workshop on Tutorial Dialog Systems, May, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Mining a database of reading mistakes: For what should an automated Reading Tutor listen?
  J. Fogarty, L. Dabbish, D.M. Steck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the Tenth Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED) Conference, May, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Pause the Video: Quick but quantitative expert evaluation of tutorial choices in a Reading Tutor that listens
  J. Mostow, C. Huang, and B. Tobin
  Proceedings of the Tenth Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED) Conference, May, 2001. [Abstract]
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• 4-Month Evaluation of a Learner-controlled Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, C. Huang, B. Junker, R. Kennedy, H. Lan, D.L. IV, R. O'Connor, R. Tassone, B. Tobin, and A. Wierman
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, Philippe DeCloque and Melissa Holland, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, The Netherlands, 2001. [Abstract]

• Balancing Learner and Tutor Control by Taking Turns: Faster and Better Mixed-Initiative Task Choice in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, Philippe DeCloque and Melissa Holland, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, The Netherlands, 2001. [Abstract]

• Computer-assisted oral reading helps third graders learn vocabulary better than a classroom control - about as well as one-on-one human-assisted oral reading.
  G. Aist, J. Mostow, B. Tobin, P. Burkhead, unknown, A. Cuneo, B. Junker, and M.B. Sklar
  Proceedings of the Tenth Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED) Conference, 2001. [Abstract]
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• Evaluating tutors that listen: An overview of Project LISTEN
  J. Mostow and G. Aist
  Smart Machines in Education: The coming revolution in educational technology., K. Forbus andP. Feltovich, ed., MIT/AAAI Press, 2001, pp. 169 - 234.

• Improving story choice in a reading tutor that listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS?2000), June, 2000, pp. 645. [Abstract]

• Using Automated Within-Subject Invisible Experiments to Test the Effectiveness of Automated Vocabulary Assistance
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of ITS'2000 Workshop on Applying Machine Learning to ITS Design/Construction, Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, June, 2000, pp. 4 - 8. [Abstract]

• Measuring the Effects of Backchanneling in Computerized Oral Reading Tutoring
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the ESCA Workshop on Prosody and Dialog, September, 1999. [Abstract]
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• Authoring New Material in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow and G. Aist
  Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-99), July, 1999. [Abstract]
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• Reading and Pronunciation Tutor
  J. Mostow and G. Aist
  United States Patent No. 5,920,838, July, 1999. [Abstract]

• Collaborative Research on Learning Technologies: An Automated Reading Assistant That Listens
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the NSF Human-Computer Interaction Grantees Workshop (HCIGW99), February, 1999.

• Guiding Spoken Dialogue with Computers by Responding to Prosodic Cues
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the NSF Human-Computer Interaction Grantees Workshop (HCIGW99), February, 1999.

• Giving Help and Praise in a Reading Tutor with Imperfect Listening - Because Automated Speech Recognition Means Never Being Able to Say You're Certain
  J. Mostow and G. Aist
  CALICO Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1999, pp. 407 - 424. [Abstract]
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• How effective is unsupervised data collection for children's speech recognition?
  G. Aist, P. Chan, X.D. Huang, L. Jiang, R. Kennedy, D.T. Latimer, IV, J. Mostow, and C. Yeung
  International Conference on Speech and Language Processing (ICSLP98), December, 1998. [Abstract]
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• Estimating the Effectiveness of Conversational Behaviors in a Reading Tutor that Listens.
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  AAAI Spring Symposium on Applying Machine Learning to Discourse Processing, March, 1998. [Abstract]
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• When Listening Is Not Enough: Potential Uses of Vision for a Reading Tutor that Listens.
  J. Kominek, G. Aist, and J. Mostow
  AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Environments, March, 1998. [Abstract]
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• Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor Is Helping Me Learn to Read [VIDEO]
  J. Mostow
  Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.

• When Speech Input is Not an Afterthought: A Reading Tutor that Listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the Workshop on Perceptual User Interfaces, October, 1997. [Abstract]
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• Adapting Human Tutorial Interventions for a Reading Tutor that Listens: Using Continuous Speech Recognition in Interactive Educational Multimedia
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  CALL'97 Conference on Multimedia, September, 1997. [Abstract]
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• A Database of Children's Speech
  J. Mostow and unknown
  Proceedings of the NSF Human-Computer Interaction Grantees Workshop (HCIGW97), August, 1997.

• Collaborative Research on Learning Technologies: An Automated Reading Assistant That Listens
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the NSF Human-Computer Interaction Grantees Workshop (HCIGW97), August, 1997.

• Guiding Spoken Dialogue with Computers by Responding to Prosodic Cues
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the NSF Human-Computer Interaction Grantees Workshop (HCIGW97), August, 1997.

• Pilot Evaluation of Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor [VIDEO]
  J. Mostow
  July, 1997.

• The Sounds of Silence: Towards Automated Evaluation of Student Learning in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow and G. Aist
  Proceedings of the Fourteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-97), July, 1997, pp. 355-361. [Abstract]
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• A Reading Tutor that Listens [VIDEO]
  J. Mostow
  DARPA CAETI Community Conference, November, 1996.

• Demonstration of a Reading Coach that Listens
  J. Mostow, A.G. Hauptmann, and S.F. Roth
  Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, November, 1995, pp. 77 - 78. [Abstract]
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• Guiding Spoken Dialogue with Computers by Responding to Prosodic Cues
  J. Mostow and unknown
  Proceedings of NSF Interactive Systems Program Grantees Workshop, November, 1995.

• A Prototype Reading Coach that Listens
  J. Mostow, S.F. Roth, A.G. Hauptmann, and M. Kane
  Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-94), American Association forArtificial Intelligence, August, 1994, pp. 785 - 792. [Abstract]
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• A Prototype Reading Coach that Listens: Summary of Project LISTEN
  A.G. Hauptmann, J. Mostow, S.F. Roth, M. Kane, and A. Swift
  Proceedings ARPA Workshop on Human Language Technology, March, 1994, pp. 237.
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• A Reading Coach that Listens [VIDEO]
  J. Mostow, S.F. Roth, A. Hauptmann, M. Kane, A. Swift, L. Chase, and B. Weide
  Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI94), 1994.

• Speech Recognition Applied to Reading Assistance for Children: A Baseline Language Model
  A.G. Hauptmann, L. Chase, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (EUROSPEECH93), September, 1993, pp. 2255-2258. [Abstract]

• Getting Computers to Listen to Children Read: A New Way to Combat Illiteracy [VIDEO]
  J. Mostow, S.F. Roth, A. Hauptmann, M. Kane, A. Swift, L. Chase, and B. Weide
  Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, July, 1993.

• Towards a Reading Coach that Listens: Automated Detection of Oral Reading Errors
  J. Mostow, A.G. Hauptmann, L. Chase, and S.F. Roth
  Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on ArtificialIntelligence (AAAI93), American Association for Artificial Intelligence, July, 1993, pp. 392 - 397. [Abstract]
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