This study investigates the effects of supported etext with English to-Spanish translations of content-specific vocabulary and content-specific sentences on the reading comprehension of adolescents who have learning disabilities, are ESL/ELL learners and who have Spanish as their first language. Continue reading “Fordham University Update”
EDC Update
This study investigates the use of translational resources (both software and traditional print-based materials) to improve 8th grade students' comprehension of social studies text.
Collier County Update
This study investigates two types of notational resources in the WYNN electronic reading environment within a randomized controlled trial: digital voice notes and digital text notes. Continue reading “Collier County Update”
Research in Collier County School District
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.
Continue reading “Research in Collier County School District”
Video Resources at UO
The NCSeT Research Site at the University of Oregon is preparing for field trials of its video supported biology text. Continue reading “Video Resources at UO”
RWG Data Analysis in Kentucky
Analysis is underway at the University of Kentucky NCSeT research site of data showing how students interact with Read-Write-Gold.
Study completed at Schools- Fordham site
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.
New Translational Resource
Using 3D Virtual Worlds for teaching and learning
508 Accessibility Issues
"In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities." (www.section508.gov)
The following list, from the same Web site, encapsulates the 16 requirements needed to make any Web site accessible to people with disabilities. Additional requirements apply to multimedia that is embedded in Web pages. For a full list of 508 requirements for all kinds of communications, see http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Video
Searching the Database: A Guide
NCSeT Research Database Searching Techniques
The NCSeT Research Database offers several means for searching its contents, from the forms-based search capability of the database interface pages to the command-line (url-based) searching outlined below and the ability use the SQL query language. The material that follows offers basic and intermediate searching using the URL as a command line for crafting both simple and complex searches.