KIKO LABS INC. — Department of Education SBIR Phase I: The project team is developing a prototype of Thinking Time, a tablet-based app and game f
KIKO LABS INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Education.
- Amount
- $149,997
- Agency
- Department of Education
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2014-07-01 → 2014-12-31
Description
The project team is developing a prototype of Thinking Time, a tablet-based app and game for early learners (ages 3- to 6-years-old) that provides cognitive training games based on neuropsychological research. Game play will be self-guided and adaptive, and will support the development of working memory, attention and impulse control, and flexibility. The goal is to promote academic readiness by scaffolding cognitive skills during the early years of heightened brain plasticity. In the Phase I pilot research, the project team will examine whether the software prototype functions as planned, if teachers are able to integrate it within the classroom environment, and whether children are engaged with the prototype.