NCSet is currently collaborating with seven reserach sites around the country in the following institutions:
Month: April 2007
NCSeT Support of NIMAS
A major goal of NCSeT is to provide experimental evidence that will further the development of the NIMAS Standard. Continue reading “NCSeT Support of NIMAS”
NIMAS Overview
NIMAS is the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard. Continue reading “NIMAS Overview”
An Interview with EDC about Visual Thesaurus
An Interview with EDC about Visual Thesaurus
EDC Senior Director Dr. Judith Zorfass and and her associate Alise Brann talk about the connection between Visual Thesaurus and reading.
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Evaluative Resources
Evaluative resources provide materials, prompts, and assignments designed to assess student learning from the text. Evaluative resources can include: questions, quizzes, tests, surveys, online interviews, and assignments leading to products.
Below are screen shots showing various types of evaluative resources.
Collaborative Resources
Collaborative resources provide tools for working or sharing with other readers, the author, or some other audience. Collaborative resources might include: a threaded discussion, online chat, email links, podcasts, or blogs.
Below are screen shots showing various types of collaborative resources.
Notational Resources
Notational resources provide tools for marking or taking notes on the text to enable later retrieval for purposes of studying or completing assignments. Notational resources might include: electronic highlighting, bookmarking, post-its, margin notes, outlining, drawing, or ways to gather and group these notes for post-reading review.
Below are screen shots showing various types of notational resources.
Instructional Resources
Instructional resources provide prompts, questions, strategies or instruction designed to teach some aspect of the text or how to read and interpret the text. Instructional resources might include: tutorials, self-monitoring comprehension questions, annotations, instructional prompts, study guides, embedded study strategies, online mentoring, or tips for effective reading.
Below are screen shots showing various types of instructional resources.
Enrichment Resources
Enrichment resources provide supplementary information that is not strictly needed to comprehend the text, but adds to the readers’ appreciation or understanding of its importance or historical context. Enrichment resources might include: background information, publication history, biography of the author, footnotes, bibliography, or impact of the author on other writers.
Below are screen shots showing various types of enrichment resources.
Summarizing Resources
Summarizing resources provide a summarized or condensed way of viewing some feature of the document. Summarizing resources might include: a table of contents, concept map, list of key ideas, chronology, timeline, cast of characters, or an abstract.
Below are screen shots showing various types of summarizing resources.