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The project team is developing a prototype of a web-based game utilizing the illustrations of chemical elements and science terms created by Simon Basher in his three books, The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!, Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction!, and Physics: Why Matter Matters! The game will incorporate augmented reality (person-to-person gameplay with the support of the software) to teach g ...

The project team is developing a prototype of WebFluidMath, a software programto support students who are learning basic algebra principles. To use the Web FluidMath program, students will write math expressions and make drawings on the screen of apen-enabled tablet computer (e.g., iPad, Android, Microsoft Surface). The software will recognize the handwritten math formulae and generate solutions ...

This project team will develop a tablet-based interactive role-playing game that immerses 5th through 9th grade students in the history of the Great Depression. The game will provide players an experiential understanding of the hardships that beset Americans in the 1930s and their strategies for survival, as individuals and as a nation. Features of the game will include story-based immersive narra ...

This Phase I SBIR project will investigate the feasibility of making dynamic web content accessible to people with vision impairments with an ease that will be on par with sighted people. Such content characterizes todays myriad of important and pervasive web applications (e.g., Facebook, Gmail, Google Docs, Chat Rooms, Online Banking, and Travel) The project will demonstrate the feasibility by bu ...

The Cell Biology Learning Resource (CBLR) will be a multimedia educational resource designed to give the student a better means of learning cell biology through an immersive and interactive environment. Utilizing novel cell visualization technology, the CBLR will enhance the learning experience by facilitating the first-ever exploration of a computer reconstructed human cell and its internal stru ...

This research will explore the use of a virtual polyhedron modeling environment which creates nets, or patterns, for a polyhedron created on the screen, in the teaching of geometry and spatial skills. When the net is printed, cut, folded, and glued together, a 3-dimensional model of the original polyhedron is created. We propose to examine the use of this tool in an instructional setting, to dete ...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices can provide an effective avenue of communication for individuals with communicative disabilities. A core component of many AAC systems is dynamic word prediction, in which a list of probable words is autonomously generated and presented for immediate user selection. Current word prediction systems employ algorithms which do not take full a ...

Today's extremely powerful, low-cost computer systems offer tremendous potential as learning tools. However, development of high quality educational software, particularly simulations, lags behind. This research will explore the issues in creating highly realistic, very detailed simulations directly targeted for educational purposes. The domain simulated will be a small retail business. This do ...

This proposal describes an effort to improve the education of at-risk youth through web-publishable, project-based activities. These activities might include electronic journalism on community issues, natural science projects, or digital art Galleries. Activities such as these are particularly appropriate for at-risk youth through their power to integrate school and home or street life, to give ...

Elementary and middle-school teachers have begun using LAN and WAN networks to engage students in authentic learning tasks. The Neverending Tale, Classroom Edition is proposed as a combination learning network and computer tool for editing and publishing hypertext. It will be implemented via internet server and database, accessible with any networked World Wide Web browser. Within The Neverendi ...