Dr. James Gregory and Dr. William Carter want to make the Reading Recall Time Efficiency Assessment Tool that they have developed available on the Internet. The mission of the tool is to allow people to self-assess their efficiency for learning through reading relative to other college students. Dr. Gregory and Dr. Carter's main goal is to make it easier for students to use the reading assessment tool. Their current system requires students to come to the Testing Center where the assessment is administered manually.
This team's objective is to design a web-based version of the reading assessment tool. The objectives for the assessment tool are to provide users a method to test for possible interference factors that reduce academic performance in college and to provide history or facts about Texas Tech University and other topics associated with the College of Engineering. The assessment will consist of two passages, with the flexibility for adding a third. The tool will time the user as he or she reads each passage and then ask the user a series of questions about each passage. The tool will calculate the time to read and reading recall for each passage and compare the results with those of other college students. The tool will then display the results for the student, using integrated information to make general recommendations and to provide tips to improve sucess in college. The passages, questions, and integrated information will all be stored in a database.