For its study in the Yonkers Public Schools, Fordham is developing a supported text using materials from a commonly used science text book. Continue reading “A Supported Science Text”
About EDC
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), an international non-profit organization, bridges the worlds of research, policy and practice to advance learning and healthy development for individuals and institutions around the globe.
EDC Progress Report June 2007
The research carried out by Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) focused on helping middle-grades students improve reading comprehension in social studies by building word knowledge through the use of a web-based tool, Visual Thesaurus (VT). VT allows the reader to look up a word directly from a piece of electronic text. It does not directly define words; rather it presents an array of concepts that capture the varied word meanings. The features of VT align with the following e-text resources: translational, illustrative, enrichment, and collaborative. From August, 2006 to May 2007, EDC carried out a series of four brief design studies, with each one building on findings of the previous study. Read the executive summary and download the June 2007 progress report of research on the Visual Thesaurus: Progress Report June 2007
NCSeT Researchers
NCSet is currently collaborating with seven reserach sites around the country in the following institutions:
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.