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THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATING TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE IS AN ENDURING ONE. PRINTED MATERIAL IS READILY AVAILABLE BUT IS INEFFECTIVE IF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS TOO CONDENSED AND IS IGNORED IF TOO DETAILED. A COMPUTERIZED VERSION OF SUCH MATERIAL WILL FARENO BETTER UNLESS IT CAN BE PUT INTO A FORM WHERE JUST THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THE RIGHT LEVEL OF DE ...

LEARNING DISABLED (LD) ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF LD YOUTH IS A LACK OF JOB-SPECIFIC SOCIAL SKILLS. THE CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS IN LD YOUTH IS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS RESEARCH PROPOSALWHICH WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTER-BASED INT ...

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AICOM PLANS TO DEVELOP A LOW COST, HIGH QUALITY SPEECH SYNTHESIZER CHIP WHICH MAY BE USED IN THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED MARKET, IN THE EDUCATION MARKET, AND IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET. IN THIS PHASE, WE PLAN TO STUDY THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CHIP, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CIRCUIT, THE POSSIBLE DIE SIZE, THE POWER CONSUMPTION, AND THE TOTAL COST OF PRODUCING THE CHIP. IN ADDITION, WE PLAN ON RUNNING A COMPUTE ...

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

TWO NEW COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES PROFOUNDLY CHANGING TEACHING TOOLS ARE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND DO-IT-YOURSELF PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGIES. BOTH ARE EMBODIED IN APPLE MACINTOSHC'S HYPERCARD. THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENABLE TEACHERS TO USE, MODIFY, AND CREATE TEACHING MATERIALS THAT COMBINE VISUAL AND AUDITORY MEDIA TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING PROCESS OF ALL STUDENTS AND TO HELP REMEDIATE CERTAIN KINDS OF ...

THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL COVERS A PROJECT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH WRITE NARRATIVE, INSTRUCTIONAL AND SHOOTING SCRIPTS, AND IDENTIFY FILM SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO PREVOCATIONAL SELECTION INSTRUMENT. SELECTION PATHS AND TOUCH SCREEN INPUT WILL ENABLE BOTH INDEPENDENT USE BY INDIVIDUALS WIHT MENTAL RETARDATION (CLASSIFIED "TRAINABLE")AND USE OF THE INSTRUMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COUN ...

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MCLEAN MEDIA PLANS TO RESEARCH, DESIGN, PRODUCE AND EVALUATEA PROTOTYPE MODULE FOR TEACHING SCIENCE CONCEPTS TO LEARNINGDISABLED, MIDDLE SCHOOL (GRADES 6-8) STUDENTS USING A COMPUTER-BASED, MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM. THE PROTOTYPE WILL INCORPORATE TEXT, GRAPHICS, SOUND AND VIDEO USING HYPERCARD SOFTWARE, AN APPLE MACINTOSH COMPUTER AND A VIDEODISC WITH "REPURPOSED" VIDEOTAPE MATERIAL. RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A MECHANICALLY ACTUATED DEVICE WITH A TACTILE SURFACE. IT WILL PROVIDE A BRAILLE INTERFACEREPRESENTING THE SAME INFORMATION THAT A VIDEO MONITOR PROVIDES TO A SIGHTED PERSON. THE BRAILLE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY A GRID OF SOLENOIDS DRIVEN BY AN IBM PC COMPATABLE HARDWARE BOARD. THIS PHASE I PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE A 4" X 4" SAMPLE WHICH WILL SHOW THE FEASIBILITYOF PRODUCIN ...