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NCSeT is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to support dissertation research investigating the impact of supported electronic text on middle school or high school students' reading comprehension of content area material. |
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NCSeT receives award from NCTI 's 2008 Technology in the Works for research on the benefits of captioning for all students. |
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Using 3D Virtual Worlds for teaching and learning |
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The National Center for Supported Electronic Text About NCSeT The National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT) is a federally funded research center investigating the impact of "supported electronic text" (or supported etext) on students' reading comprehension of content area material. Current funding for NCSeT is through a five-year cooperative agreement with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education. NCSeT is directed collaboratively by Dr. Lynne Anderson-Inman at the University of Oregon and Dr. Judith Zorfass at Education Development Center (EDC) in Newton, MA. NCSeT supports a community of researchers across the country, including research teams at Michigan State University, University of Georgia, University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, Fordham University, and Collier County, FL, in addition to the University of Oregon and EDC.
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This annotated collection of Web sites illustrates various types of supported etext. Some are individual documents, stories, or books. Some are collections or libraries providing access to multiple examples.
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The NCSeT Research group at Fordham University has just completed a pilot study of a biology text with high school students who are classified as LD, are ESL/ELL with Spanish as their first language. |
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The NCSeT Research Site at the University of Oregon is preparing for field trials of its video supported biology text. |
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A downloadable plug-in for Microsoft Office Word that can convert Open XML-based documents into DAISY XML has been announced by the DAISY Consortium. |
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Dr. Margo Vreeburg Izzo and her research team are investigating the use of “Guided Notes” to support an online curriculum entitled "EnvisionIT" to increase on-task behavior and reading comprehension of high school students with disabilities. Students become proficient with skills in information technology as they navigate the Internet to explore careers and complete a self-directed transition portfolio! For more information about EnvisionIT, please visit http://nisonger.osu.edu/Transition/EnvisionIT. To contact Dr. Izzo, please email her at
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Analysis is underway at the University of Kentucky NCSeT research site of data showing how students interact with Read-Write-Gold. |
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Using Notational Resources to Support Reading Comprehension in Science: A Comparison of Digital Voice Notes and Digital Text Notes Researchers in Collier County School District are conducting a study to compare two types of notational resources in the WYNN electronic reading environment within a randomized controlled trial: digital voice notes and digital text notes. The study will be conducted in two phases. The first phase is a pilot study in one 5th grade classroom in Naples Florida. It was completed in December of 2007. The second phase, scheduled to begin March 2008, will be a randomzied control trial using students from eight 5th grade classrooms in this county-wide district. |
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Related Work on Supported eText
It was decided that WYNN would be the best choice for their students. "We believe that everyone can benefit from Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and this is best provided with assistive technology. Therefore, we do not target any one population at our school for this type of help. Our goal is to help everyone to learn." ~ Dorothy Barrett, Writing & Communication Center Tutor
Read the article at the Freedom Scientific Web site (opens new window)
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Research shows how our eyes and brains draw upon the structure of text to scan letters and words. Read the article by Eric Morrison about Chris Stephen, Founder of ReadHowYouWant, at the NTCI website. (Opens new window.)
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