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This Phase I project will consist of a fesibility study in preparation for Phase II project in which a complete 20-hour sign language videocourse will be produced reflecting the entry level skills, learning styles, learning preferences, and sign-processing strategies of hearing adult beginning learners. The primary hearing populations for this instruction are (a) current and prospective teachers ...

The statistical software program "Resampling Stats" will be modified to serve as a teaching instrument, with emphasis on students in colleges of education - our future teachers. The American Statistical Association (ASA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCRM) identify probability and statistics as vital subjects for high school students. Unfortunately, education students too o ...

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 ...

The proposal is for completion of conceptual design, user testing of prototype, and evaluation of technical performance requirements for a CD ROM/web based product designed to enhance the chances of success of students placed at risk of Educational Failure. "At-risk¿' students are defined not only as students who face barriers related to race, income level, family structure and/or language abil ...

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This project will create an American Sign Language Picture Dictionary/Storyboard for young children on an IBM-compatible CD-ROM. The majority of sign language programs on the market are developed for school-age children and older. This CD-ROM is targeted for pre-school age children. This program will assist children in associating pictures with the written English word and the American Sign Lang ...

Performance of US students in mathematics and physics has been limited, partly because the traditional pedagogy relies on logical and linguistic methods of teaching, and students are primarily assessed on fact knowledge and discrete skills. Recent achievements in computer science provide revolutionary means for educational reform. Thus, use of the World Wide Web and Java - a package of a new obj ...

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 ...

The prototype Arlyn Arm Workstation, a robotic arm workstation, created, designed, and built by Arlyn Toolworks will be modified to makeit transportable and capable of handling items such as textbooks and lunch used in an educational setting. Then the resulting device, the Arlyn Arm Transportable will then be tested by students performing educational tasks and reviewed by teachers, occupational t ...

Recent advances in communications, networking, and computer technology have delivered capabilities to today's classroom computers that overwhelm what was considered possible only a few years ago. Advances in desktop virtual reality, real time rendering, and worldwide web Internet linked computers have created an explosion of new computer-based learning opportunities. With the advent of the Inter ...