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This project has two goals: (1) to develop and evaluate the feasibility of intelligent, computer-based self-management and household management applications that would improve the independent living capacity of persons with cognitive disabilities, and (2) to identify an agenda for full development of a deployable system in a Phase 2 project. Intelligent multimedia computer agents offer an untapped ...

Based on previous research, this project (1) refines the TV Assisted Prompting (TAP)system hardware and software while expanding its utility to new rehabilitation domains; and (2)continues to employ an incremental design process, partnering with patients, care providers, andtherapists to design and evaluate a user-friendly system. The TV Assisted Prompting (TAP) systemoffers a simple alternative f ...

This project develops a social networking system that: (1) brings real world skills andsettings into the home and school using video modeling, (2) is safe and cost effective, and (3) creates atrusted network for parent and professional resource sharing.

Classroom teachers need formative assessment tools that give them easy and accurate information on student perfomance. Large scale assessments provide accountability data useful in evaluating progress across states and within school districts, but are not designed to directly impact classroom practice. Research shows us that student performance on standardized test can be impacted by test anxiet ...

onal evaluation, that concentrates on the service area of Education Data Management. The plan will investigate the requirements involved in providing readable and interpretable test results for teacher and principal use. Realizing testing is only as good as the teaching, teaching is only as good as the environment and the environment is only as good as its resources; this project will be a result ...

School reform efforts call for using scientific approaches to making decisions in education. Currently, data are available to inform decisions, but many educators are not well equipped to understand quantitative information, how to use it, and how to communicate quantitative results. During Phase I, we will conduct focus groups and surveys, and train educators to use data to help students succeed. ...

Individuals with cognitive disabilities represent one of the fastest growing disability groups in the U. S. The potential for computer technology to increase social integration for this population is well-documented. However, cognitive and financial barriers frequently preclude the acquisition and maintenance of personal computer hardware, software programs, and Internet service. The Personal Ac ...

The Personal Access Computer Key a modified Universal Serial Bus designed to accommodate adaptive software capable of being launched on publicly accessible updated computers

Even very young children are able to learn mathematics through application of metaphors. In this way children receive intuitive, natural, pleasant, and yet deep and advanced access to the ideas of elementary mathematics. Currently, however, the market lacks metaphor-based educational software. Natural Math, LLC, is a small business that focuses on research and software development in mathematics e ...

A prototype special education intervention called My Scrivener based on emerging research demonstrating that computer assisted motion training can stimulate the growth of neural connections.