May 2004 — Exclusive Series: SBR
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IES Funded Projects
Remarkable Reading Machine: A Video/Electronic Media Training Program of Evidence-Based Interventions to Strengthen Emergent Literacy Skills of At-Risk Children from Low-Income Families in Any Child Care Setting.
Project focus: Create a highly motivational video/electronic media-training program on emergent literacy interventions for at-risk preschoolers and their parents and/or caregivers that can be used in any child care setting.
18. USteach Inc.
Synchronized Multimedia E-Book Development for Reading Fluency and Comprehension.
Project focus: Demonstrate improvement in second- and third-graders' reading fluency and comprehension through sustained interaction with e-books. Their reading performance will be compared to students without computer support or with another computer-based program.
19. Quantum Simulations Inc.
Phase II: Artificial Intelligence Software for Student Assessment in Chemistry.
Project focus: Advance the state of the art in chemistry education software through the development of meaningful interactive tutoring and assessment capabilities for chemistry problem solving.
20. The NeuronFarm LLC
Training the Tutors: Literacy e-courses.
Project focus: Develop a set of eight e-courses based on empirically verified principles of learning and effective literacy instruction to improve tutor training.
