IES Contract
Title: | Social Tutor for Supporting the Transition from Elementary to Middle School | ||
Center: | NCER | Year: | 2012 |
Principal Investigator: | DeRosier, Melissa | Awardee: | 3-C Institute for Social Development |
Program: | Small Business Innovation Research [Program Details] | ||
Award Period: | 6 months | Award Amount: | $150,000 |
Type: | Phase I Development | Award Number: | EDIES12C0036 |
Description: | A growing body of research underscores the need to prepare students socially—as well as academically—to ensure successful transition to middle school and foster subsequent academic success. This project team is developing a prototype of a series of web-based interactive games to help students practice and learn needed social skills to successfully transition from grade school to middle school. The games will include a formative assessment software engine to adapt to students' levels of social skills. The games will supplement fifth grade classroom learning. Pilot research in Phase I will seek to demonstrate that the software prototype functions as planned and teachers and students are engaged by the prototype. |
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