University+of+Colorado+at+Boulder+Institute+of+Cognitive+Science

Sent 7/21/2009 Dear Mr. Winter, Marie Banich forwarded your email to me as the particular line of research I and my colleagues at ICS do is related and involved with classroom curriculum. We study and create literacy (LA and science curriculum) and math interventions for grades K-20, and also have a lab that looks at building science tutors embedded in interactive, internet libraries. Perhaps we could discuss your current challenges, then convene a few of our researchers whose work might apply to let you know what we are doing. We do look for schools that are interested in participating in classroom trials of our applications. These are applications, based on the very latest theory and practices, already tried in a laboratory setting, that we embed in classroom curriculum in co-operation with teachers. Since it is still research, students do sign permission forms, which enables us to use that data annonymously, but all students in the participating class can use the application whether they give permission for the data or not. In this way, schools get leading edge interventions at no cost, with a minimal effort to enable us to document the efficacy of the intervention. If you would like to followup further please contact me at your convenience. Best Regards, Donna  Associate Director Institute of Cognitive Science University of Colorado, Boulder Donna Caccamise, Ph.D.