Katherine D. Tan

Work place: Eastern Pangasinan Agricultural College, Santa Maria, Philippines

E-mail: katherine.tan004@deped.gov.ph

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Research Interests: Computer Science & Information Technology, Information Systems

Biography

Katherine Dotimas Tan is currently working at the Department of Education as a Junior and Senior High School teacher in Eastern Pangasinan Agricultural College, Sta. Maria, Pangasinan, handling and teaching computer subjects. She graduated from Pangasinan State University, Asingan Campus, Asingan Pangasinan with a Bachelor’s degree in Information and Communications Technology (BS ICT). She also finished and passed her Computer Systems Servicing NC II course at Wellcare Institute of Science and Technology, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. At the same time, she finished her Trainer’s Methodology (TM Level 1) at Maxima Technical and Skills Training Institute, Inc., Dagupan City, Pangasinan. She also took up her education units at Pangasinan State University, Urdaneta Campus, Pangasinan, and luckily passed her Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) last September 2018. At present, she is taking up her Master of Arts in Education major in Computer Education at Pangasinan State University, Urdaneta Campus, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.

Author Articles
Development of an Intelligent Tutoring System for English Reading Comprehension: Design Based on Philippine Public School Flexible Learning Experience

By Day Bert R. Marinas Roberto R. Coloma Lin V. Tadeja Shaira Marie J. Castillo Katherine D. Tan Frederick F. Patacsil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2021.05.02, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2021

This paper presents an intelligent tutoring system as seen to be successful in assisting in the instruction of basic skill, particularly, reading comprehension. The goal of the study is to develop an Intelligent Tutoring System that will greatly help the Grade 7. The system adapted considerable instructional needs of learners from early development to advanced reading comprehension skills. The developed system provided an immediate feedback to learners upon completion of an activity without requiring intervention from a Teacher. To improve the system, learners and teachers filled out survey questionnaires. The result reveals that teachers and students want the system to be user-friendly, have a user log-in, lesson content with text, audio and video as well as various types of questions in quizzes. They also perceived that the developed ITS is useful and the content is valid thus is very acceptable to be utilized by the learners. In addition, result reveals that student’s reading comprehension could be improved and developed by the proposed ITS.

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