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Grant Number:	1R43HD043618-01
PI Name:	SCHUMAKER, JEAN B.
PI Email:	edgeenterprises@alltel.net
PI Title:
Project Title:	Multimedia Writing Strategy Instruction for LD Students

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Phase I project is to test the feasibility of using an interactive multimedia format for instructing students with learning disabilities in writing strategies. To evaluate the feasibility of this type of instruction, an instructional program for teaching four punctuation rules and the strategies associated with those rules will be designed and translated into an interactive computerized program. Each segment of the program will focus on one punctuation rule and its associated strategy and will include description, demonstration, practice activities, and feedback. The evaluation will focus on (a) usability of the program, (b) student knowledge of the rules and strategies, (c) student use of the strategies to detect errors in others' writing and in their own writing, (d) instructional time required, and (e) social validity of the medium. A multiple-baseline across-students design will be utilized to determine the effects of the instructional program on student knowledge and performance of the writing strategies.

Thesaurus Terms:
adolescence (12-20), computer assisted instruction, computer system design /evaluation, educational resource design /development, interactive multimedia, learning disorder, method development
computer human interaction, performance, secondary school, spelling, teacher
clinical research, human subject, mass information media, questionnaire

Institution:	EDGE ENTERPRISES, INC.
	BOX 1304, 708 W 9TH, R-4
	LAWRENCE, KS 66044
Fiscal Year:	2003
Department:
Project Start:	01-SEP-2003
Project End:	29-FEB-2004
ICD:	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IRG:	ZRG1

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