Melissa DeRosier
Associated IES Content
Grant
Development of an Innovative Digital Intervention to Enhance the Social-Emotional Skills and School-Based Adjustment of Early Elementary Students
The purpose of this project is to develop and test Emotion Explorer, adigital social emotional learning (SEL) intervention for kindergarten through second grade (K-2). Emotion Explorer will include digital, self-paced, and personalized student components (e.g., interactive e-books) blended with teacher-led discussions. Educators are increasingly aware that later academic success stems from a strong foundation of SEL skills in the early grades. Targeting SEL efforts at K-2 grades can be parti...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A200239
Grant
Efficacy Study of Adventures Aboard the S.S.GRIN: Social, Emotional, and Academic Skills
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Adventures Aboard the S.S. GRIN (Adventures) program, an online game with embedded social skills training to improve social, emotional, and academic outcomes for children experiencing social difficulties. Prior research indicated that direct social skills instruction can benefit these students, yet most schools are not equipped to provide this type of targeted support. The Adventures program was created through an IES development grant (R305A1105...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180224
Grant
Testing the Efficacy of Zoo U for Improving Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes
Testing the Efficacy of Zoo U for Improving Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180050
Contract
Developmentally Appropriate Technology for Science Assessment in Early Elementary Grades
In this project, researchers will develop a prototype of Science Quest, a tool to assess the science skills and understanding for students in grades 1 to 3. The prototype will deliver psychometrically validated assessment items in a game-like format.
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
91990018C0029
FY2017
FY2017 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2016
FY2016 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2015
FY2015 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2014
FY2014 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
Grant
Interactive Social Tutoring System for Social Skills Training with Elementary Students
: Relatively little is known about how interactive software technology can be used to enhance students' social skills and/or peer relations. This project extended prior work to fully develop an innovative computer-based interactive social tutoring system (ISTS) for elementary students experiencing social-behavioral problems at school. The ISTS software is intended to provide a safe, private, social learning environment through which students can engage in tailored, interactive exercises to l...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A110583
Contract
Dynamic Narrative Generation Software To Improve Social And Behavioral School Readiness Skills Needed For The Successful Transition To Grade School
The project team is developing a prototype of a web-based intervention for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students to prepare for the transition to grade school. The product will support students as they create stories using a step-by-step scripted interactive process. The stories will focus on skills that are related to school readiness, such as self-regulation, positive behaviors with peers, positive classroom behaviors, and emerging independence.
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES13C0034
Contract
Hall Of Heroes: An Interactive Social Tutoring System To Improve And Measure Social Goals For Students In Preparation For Transition To Middle School
A growing body of research underscores the need to prepare students socially-as much as academically-to ensure a successful transition to middle school and foster subsequent academic success. Recognition of how social and academic functioning are intertwined has led to the inclusion of social goals in many Individualized Education Plans, Student Support Team strategies, and overall school improvement plans. However, student outcomes are often more modest than desired when social intervention...
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES13C0041
Contract
Social Tutor for Supporting the Transition from Elementary to Middle School
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.
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES12C0036
Contract
An Interactive Social Tutoring System to Improve and Measure Social Goals for Students Related to Academic and Other School-Related Outcomes
Elementary school is a time of growth and development in students' social skills and peer relations. Prior research shows that students who are able to establish and maintain positive peer relations are more successful in school (including higher levels of achievement) and better able to cope with stressful life events. In contrast, students who have difficulty navigating the socio-developmental shifts of elementary school are substantially more likely to experience academic failure, behavio...
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES11C0039
Contract
An Interactive Social Tutoring System to Improve and Measure Social Goals for Students Related to Academic and Other School Related Outcomes
This project team developed a prototype of a web-based product through which students engage with animated life-like characters to solve tailored social problem solving tasks. The prototype included an initial module for 4th and 5th grade students called Zoo U, and an online professional development and implementation tools for teachers.
Federal funding program:
Contract number:
EDIES10P0114
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