Interactive Reading/Spelling and Comprehension Software

This Phase I project's long-term objective is to produce and evaluate interactive multimedia softwaconcepts that develop phonological awareness and concept imagery. Each product has both preventive aapplications. Used preventively, they reduce the incidence of reading, spelling, and language comprechildren, and accelerate development. Used remedially they correct these problems in older childrenaim is to produce multimedia prototypes for both instructional procedures. One prototype will stimulphonological awareness in a way that leads to self-correction in reading and spelling. The other proconcept imagery to aid language comprehension and higher order thinking skills. The second aim is toeffectiveness of these products, preparing for full production in Phase II. The importance of instrusupported by research documenting the causal role of phonological awareness in development of readinand the role of concept imagery in language comprehension. There are no similar computer-assisted inin these specific areas. Both products should have very broad commercial appeal because of their poton literacy and language skills necessary in educational and business settings.