Sirius Thinking, Ltd.
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Game Changers: Building and Deploying a Library of Strategically-Targeted Web Games for Use in the Classroom and at Home to Increase Student Achievement in Literacy
Research supports the positive impact of some learning games on student academic achievement; however, many educators lack information on what games algin to standards for a particular course and on how to best integrate games into practice. In this project, the research team will fully develop an online digital library to host early literacy games and provide educators key information to best integrate games for in-class and remote instruction.
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Contract number:
91990023C0037
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Game Changers: Building and Deploying a Library of Strategically-Targeted Web Games, For Use in the Classroom and at Home, to Increase Student Achievement in Literacy
This project team will develop a prototype of a digital library to host research-based early literacy games. The library will include playlists that organize content by topics and provide resources to integrate games into practice for use in classrooms and remotely.
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Contract number:
91990022C0033
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Reading Roots II: Reading "Between the Lions": Combining Instruction with Technology and Multimedia to Ensure That Every Child Succeeds in Reading by Third Grade
In this project, the team will create Reading Roots II: Reading "Between the Lions," a multimedia classroom intervention that uses systematically targeted videos and game-like technology-assisted partner practice activities to personalize literacy education for grade 1 students.
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Contract number:
91990019C0039
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Modernizing the Reading Roots Intervention
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Contract number:
91990018C0024
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Tutoring With The Lightning Squad: Integrating Technology, Peers, and Home for Reading Success
In this project, the team developed and tested the promise of a multimedia platform, The Lightning Squad, to guide teachers in providing tutoring sessions to small groups of struggling readers. Grade 3 students who read below grade level are more likely to drop out of high school than peers who read at grade level. Because of the importance of early reading, it is critical for elementary schools to offer strong interventions along with additional supports for struggling students. Small group...
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES15C0026
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Technology-enhanced Tutoring: Linking School and Home to Help Struggling Readers
The project team developed a prototype of Lightning Squad: Powered-Up Reading with Teams, a multimedia tutoring tool that was used by paraprofessionals working with up to six 1st to 3rd grade students who need extra support in reading.
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Contract number:
EDIES14C0046
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Using Television to Expand the Vocabulary of Beginning Readers
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Award number:
R305S040245
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Using Television to Expand the Vocabulary of Beginning Readers
Researchers have identified vocabulary as an essential component of literacy development and a strong predictor of later reading ability. Young students who do not have large vocabularies often struggle to comprehend what they are reading. One medium that may have great potential in facilitating the development of children's vocabulary is educational television. The purpose of this project is to produce vocabulary building video segments and embedding these segments in the popular children'...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305S050042
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