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The Computer Adaptive Triarchic Assessment and Instructional Activities for Early Childhood will be used with Children’s Progress core product. This software would identify gifted children in Pre-K to second grade through computer adaptive methods to measure children’s unique ability profiles in the areas of analytic, practical, and creative abilities. The software will enhance the connection ...

This project demonstrates the feasibility of a novel text-to-speech synthesis system that provides individuals with speech impairments with a selection of more natural-sounding and individualized voices. Through a spectral envelope (SE)-based synthesis technique to be integrated with NovaSpeech’s hybrid synthesis system the project provides improved control over the spectral cues to voice qualit ...

This project will create a computer-based interactive social tutoring system (ISTS) for K-fifth grade students with accompanying online professional development and implementation tools for teachers. The ISTS software will be easily integrated into the classroom environment to not only improve students’ social literacy, but also document progress made towards specific measurable social goals. Ph ...

This webbased intervention will teach students to make strong arguments when engaging in social studies cases studies. The tool will provide a counter argument to students arguments, and will provide formative feedback to teachers. The tool with include teacher PD. Phase I will develop a prototype of the tool.

This project develops and evaluates a software program using innovative interactive technology specifically designed to provide social skills training to kindergarten through 2nd grade students with high functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The program provides teachers with a means to track and document students’ progress towards social goals and is accompanied by professional developm ...