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About NCSeT
The National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT) at the University of Oregon is a federally funded research center investigating the impact of "supported electronic text" (or supported etext) on students' comprehension of content area material. Supported etext is digital text that has been modified in ways that are designed to increase access and support comprehension. These modifications are categorized by the role they play in the reading process - leading to a typology of eleven types of etext supports (Anderson-Inman & Horney, 2007). The NCSeT Typology provides the conceptual framework for the research supported by NCSeT. Read more ....
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NCSeT News
The NCSeT Literature Database has moved to its own website! It has been expanded to include references on additional content areas. Please update your bookmark to the new URL: etextresearch.uoregon.edu. The following is an excerpt showing the predetermined searches provided there, but custom boolean searching is also still provided.
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The following table of references is provided for convenient snapshots of the database contents. Tags are labels used to describe database references in relationship to the NCSeT conceptual framework and research focus. Each reference is labeled with tags from six clusters shown below:
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MeTRC is a national research center investigating the efficacy of supported eText for mathematics instruction for students with print disabilities in grades 4–9. Find out more ...
Project ESTRELLAS is developing and testing an Electronic Reading System designed to improve reading competence and content-area learning of Spanish-speaking adolescent English Language Learners (ELL) through supported versions of electronic reading materials. Find out more ...
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