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StepWise will be a mobile and desktop virtual tutor that provides real-time assessments and support to middle and high school students to learn Algebra. The adaptive engine will include rule-based artificial intelligence to guide students through the steps of solving problems, and will permit students to explore many different pathways to a correct response. After entering a response, students wil ...

This project will demonstrate the technical merit and feasibility of Transition AbleAideTM, a needs-based system for assisting special educators and related service providers in matching students with disabilities with appropriate disability accommodations (including assistive technology, home automation devices, and other simple accommodations) to aid the transition from school to adult life, but ...

The adverse acoustical environments typically found in classrooms have led to the development and proliferation of a new generation of small sound systems usually referred to as "sound field systems" (SFS). Recent studies support the usefulness of SFS to enhance the intelligibility of teachers' voices for the benefit of students with mild unaided hearing losses or attention deficits, and normally ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN INEXPENSIVE, PORTABLE, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH (EEG) BIOFEEDBACK UNIT THAT PROVIDES AUDIO AND VISUAL STIMULATION (AVS) AT BRAINWAVE FREQUENCIES TO AID IN THE TREATMENT OF LEARNING DISABLED (LD) SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD) OR WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD). THE UNIT WILL BE EASY ENOUGH TO OPERATE, SO THAT COUNSELORS AT SCHOO ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESSS OF SELF-PACED INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS TO INSTRUCT LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) STUDENTS. INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THIS CONTEXT IS A MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION INCORPORATING COMPUTER GRAPHICS, STILL IMAGES, TEXT, AND AUDIO. THE CONTENT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED IS GEOGRAPHY FROM THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICUL ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SELF-PACED VIDEO AND AUDIO TRAINING FOR TEACHING VOCATIONAL SKILLS TO MODERATE AND LOWER FUNCTIONING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION. LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES ARE DEVELOP PICTURECOACH, A SELF-PACED VIDEO TRAINING DEVICE, AND POCKETCOACH, A COMPANION DEVICE TO PROVIDE SELF-PACED AUDIO TRAINING. SPECIFIC AIMS FOR PHASE ...