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This project will develop a web-based artificial intelligence software to target adult learners and remedial college students with math. To use the product students will enter their own problems and the software will automatically provide assessment and scaffolding. Content will align to standards and also emphasize critical thinking and applied learning. Phase I work will develop a prototype of t ...

This project will develop the iPrompt software, for use with iphones and ipdads. Teachers will employ the tool with flexible and unobtrusive strategies to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The main features of the iprompt are the Video Modeling Library and the Community Media Library, a teacher’s professional development manual, and video Modules to support teacher use of the ...

The Volunteer, Employment, and Internship Web Solutions project will produce a web-based services that provide students with employment, volunteer, and internship opportunities to prevent students from dropping out of school. The website will connect students to local businesses and civic organizations. The intervention will include teacher professional development and support. Phase I work will d ...

Readorium will develop a desktop software to support students struggling with reading comprehension in middle school science. The software teaches readers the special features of nonfiction text and strategies for reading comprehension. The games will include an avatar to guide the student, multi-media articles of differing levels of difficulty that are aligned to standards, and embedded assessmen ...

WE ARE DEVELOPING A WEARABLE, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC REMINDING,GUIDING AND LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM THAT MAY BE USED TO AUGMENT TRADITIONAL TEACHING AND SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS WHOARE MENTALLY RETARDED AND/OR TO SERVE AS A LONG TERM COGNITIVE PROSTHETIC TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL AUTONOMY. THIS WALKMAN-SIZED, MICROPROCESSOR-BASED GUIDANCE SYSTEM CANAUTOMATICALLY VERBALLY REMIND A USER ABOUT PRESCHED ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES SUBTOPIC 1.D, "DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES, EQUIPMENT, OR SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE USED TO TRAIN COURT STENOGRAPHERS TO DO REAL-TIME CAPTIONING." REAL-TIME CAPTIONING BASED ON COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSCRIPTION (CAT) EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN A MAJOR ADVANCE IN CAPTIONING SERVICES FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE. HOWEVER, CAPTIONING AGENCIES ARE CURRENTLY HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDIN ...

LEARNING DISABLED (LD) ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF LD YOUTH IS A LACK OF JOB-SPECIFIC SOCIAL SKILLS. THE CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS IN LD YOUTH IS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS RESEARCH PROPOSALWHICH WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTER-BASED INT ...

THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PERSONS OR INTERACT AND LEARN FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER. DISABILITIES OF THIS DEGREE IMPACT PEOPLEWITH MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER DISABILITIES AND SEVERELY LIMIT THEIR ABILITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, EFF ...

AS PRODUCERS OF ONE OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EIGHT SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION VIDEOS DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYSCHOOL IN THE NATION, WE WILL COMBINE OUR EXPERTISE WITH THAT OF PREVENTION AND EVALUATION EXPERTS FROM YALE UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A USER-FRIENDLY, VIDEO- BASED TRAINING PROGRAM AND EVALUATE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ...

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