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The project team is developing a prototype of the World Explorador game to deliver a learning experience that promotes basic language and literacy skills of English Learners. The games will be available on handheld mobile devices and will provide short, interactive language-rich learning activities intended to provide practice in specific skills. Pilot research in Phase I will seek to demonstrate ...

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 will develop SciSkillQuest, a web-based multiplayer game intended to teach middle school students scientific inquiry skills and to foster academic growth mindsets in science. Students will pursue quests, employing inquiry skills to navigate and succeed in the game, including Questioning, Modeling, Investigating, Analyzing, Computing, Explaining, Arguing, and Informing. The game will ...

The project team is developing a prototype of a web-based tool to guide students in grades 4 to 12 in doing research on the internet. The tool will support students in the areas of social studies and science in organizing information into concept maps, in vetting good versus bad sources of information, and in sharing research with peers and teachers. The tool will also support teachers in assessin ...

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The purpose of this project is to develop a video/electronic media training program to strengthen preschool children's beginning reading skills. Many children in the United States, particularly children from low-income families, begin kindergarten unprepared to develop beginning reading skills. They lack the kind of experiences that research indicates are crucial to being ready to learn how to rea ...

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The purpose of this project is to study the relation between the use of computer-based multimedia e-books and children's reading fluency and comprehension. The researchers are carrying out the project in three phases. In the first phase, the researchers are observing 3rd grade students' use of e-book materials over a 15-week period and are developing a model of fluency and comprehension change bas ...