Bayesian Approach to Analyze Reading Comprehension: A Case Study in Elementary School Children in Mexico

Ernesto U. Rodriguez-Barrios, Roberto Angel Melendez-Armenta, Sandra G. Garcia-Aburto, Marieli Lavoignet-Ruiz, Luis Carlos Sandoval-Herazo, Antonio Molina-Navarro and Luis Alberto Morales-Rosales
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Ernesto U. Rodriguez-Barrios: División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigacion, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Misantla, Misantla 93821, Veracruz, Mexico
Roberto Angel Melendez-Armenta: División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigacion, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Misantla, Misantla 93821, Veracruz, Mexico
Sandra G. Garcia-Aburto: Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Misantla, Misantla 93821, Veracruz, Mexico
Marieli Lavoignet-Ruiz: Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Misantla, Misantla 93821, Veracruz, Mexico
Luis Carlos Sandoval-Herazo: División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigacion, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Misantla, Misantla 93821, Veracruz, Mexico
Antonio Molina-Navarro: Engineering School, Construction and Housing, Universidad Veracruzana, Costa Verde, Boca del Rio 94294, Veracruz, Mexico
Luis Alberto Morales-Rosales: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Conacyt-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Michoacán, Mexico

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: In the educational field, reading comprehension is connected to learning achievement, and through it, one can interpret, retain, organize and value what has been read. It is an essential ability for the understanding and processing of information in learning. Furthermore, it is an essential skill to developing sustainable education. In this sense, sustainable development needs an advanced reading comprehension ability at elementary school in order to teach and learn future knowledge areas such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption. Nevertheless, there have been few works focused on analyzing reading comprehension, particularly in Mexico, where the reference is the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test on how well the Mexican students have developed this skill. Hence, this article shows the usefulness of employing Bayesian techniques in the analysis of reading comprehension at elementary school. The Bayesian network model allows for the determination of the language and communication level of achievement based on parameters such as learning style, learning pace, speed, and reading comprehension, obtaining an 85.36% precision. Moreover, the results confirm that teachers could determine changes in lesson planning and implement new pedagogical mechanisms to improve the level of learning and understanding contents.

Keywords: Bayesian networks; reading comprehension; education; artificial intelligence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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