The Between the Lions Digital Reading Den

狮子之间数字阅读室

• 批准号: 7673072
• 负责人: Cynthia Chiong
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: SIRIUS THINKING, LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7673072
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in collaboration with the WGBH Education Foundation, proposes to make a significant improvement in the reading skills of young children by creating, implementing, and scientifically testing the educational impact of a cost-effective, interactive multimedia literacy platform of materials based on the award-winning children's literacy education television program Between the Lions. This multimedia package, called the "Digital Reading Den," will ultimately be commercialized for use both as a supplement to current school literacy curricula and after school programs. The Digital Reading Den will enhance early literacy skills by offering children integrated literacy material from a rich variety of sources including television episodes, songs, skits, interactive storybooks, and an animated dictionary on one engaging and easily accessible software platform. The multimedia components of each unique module of the Digital Den are carefully selected to reinforce clear and specific curriculum goals, ensuring that children receive just the right instruction at just the right time. In addition to its value in the elementary classroom, the Digital Den offers parents, caregivers and after school staff a tool for optimal literacy learning without the necessity of prior training in literacy instructional practices. In Phase I, Sirius Thinking will test the feasibility of the Digital Reading Den through a mixed-design study of focus group interviews and assessments to gauge the Digital Den's usability and appeal for children, its promise for literacy and vocabulary learning, and its potential as a classroom-based supplement or addition to an after school program. Once feasibility is established, Sirius Thinking will further refine the components of the Den in a Phase II production stage, produce multiple modules of the Digital Den, and embark on a large- scale experimental research study in after school programs at three underperforming elementary schools. Phase II research will aim to establish the effectiveness of the Digital Den as an educational tool by comparing growth in vocabulary and early literacy skills between children who engage with the complete Digital Den, children who engage only with the interactive storybook and animated dictionary, and children who engage only with print versions of the storybook. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Sirius Thinking, Ltd.'s proposed Digital Reading Den is aimed at increasing the early literacy skills and vocabulary of low-income native English speaking and Spanish speaking kindergartners and first graders. Using a computer-based platform, the Digital Den features a plethora of multimedia material - video clips, interactive storybooks, an animated dictionary, Spanish translations of words and content, music, etc. - that systematically and synergistically reinforce early literacy curricula. The Digital Den is designed for use in after school programs, as well as in classrooms, as a motivating and entertaining supplement to traditional literacy instruction.

描述（由申请人提供）：Sirius Thinking，Ltd。与WGBH教育基金会合作，建议通过创建，实施和科学测试基于屡获殊荣的儿童素养教育电视节目之间的材料的经济有效，多媒体多媒体素养平台的教育影响，从而对幼儿的阅读技能进行重大提高。这个称为“数字阅读丹”的多媒体包最终将被商业化，以作为当前学校扫盲课程和课后课程的补充。数字阅读DEN将通过为儿童提供来自各种来源的综合扫盲材料，包括电视剧集，歌曲，短剧，互动故事书以及一个引人入胜且易于访问的软件平台的动画词典，从而提高了早期的扫盲技巧。仔细选择了数字DEN的每个独特模块的多媒体组件以增强明确而特定的课程目标，以确保儿童在正确的时间获得正确的指导。除了在小学教室中的价值外，数字书房还为父母，照顾者和毕业后的工作人员提供了最佳的扫盲学习工具，而无需事先识字教学实践的培训。在第一阶段，Sirius Think将通过对焦点小组访谈和评估的混合设计研究来测试数字阅读DEN的可行性，以评估数字DEN的可用性和对儿童的呼吁，其对识字和词汇学习的承诺以及作为基于课堂的补充或补充放学后课程的潜力。一旦建立了可行性，小天狼星的思维将进一步完善II期生产阶段中DEN的组成部分，产生数字DEN的多个模块，并在三所表现不佳的小学的课后课程中进行大规模的实验研究。第二阶段的研究将通过比较与完整的数字书房互动的孩子之间的词汇和早期识字能力的增长，仅与互动式故事书和动画词典互动的儿童以及仅与故事书的印刷版本互动的孩子之间的孩子之间的增长，以建立数字书房作为教育工具的有效性。公共卫生相关性：Sirius Think，Ltd。的拟议数字阅读Den旨在提高低收入英语口语和西班牙语的幼儿园和一年级学生的早期扫盲技巧和词汇。 Digital Den使用基于计算机的平台，具有大量的多媒体材料 - 视频剪辑，交互式故事书，动画词典，单词和内容的西班牙语翻译，音乐等，它们系统地和协同地增强了早期识字课程。该数字书房设计用于课后课程以及教室，作为传统扫盲教学的激励和娱乐补充。