Play Works Studio — Department of Education SBIR Phase I: EDIES15R0005
Play Works Studio — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Education.
- Amount
- $150,000
- Agency
- Department of Education
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- EDIES15R0005
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WA
- Period
- 2015-05-01 → 2015-11-01
Description
The project team is developing and testing a prototype of a computer science game-based intervention intended for Grade 1 students. The prototype will include physical robots that will be designed and controlled on a game board by students through a blue-tooth enabled smartphone app. The product will include teacher resources and suggestions to facilitate classroom integration. In the Phase I pilot research with 5 classrooms and 150 students, the researchers will examine whether the prototype functions as planned, if teachers are able to implement it with small groups of students, and whether students are engaged.