SBIR/STTR Research Award
vCoder and AI Assisted Learning
Award amount
$199,531Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Recipient company
- BEACH DAY STUDIOS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-09
- Contract end date
- 2021-02-15
- UEI
- W2NRXUM6GQJ1
- Solicitation number
- 91990020R0006
- Topic code
- 91990020R0006
Research abstract
The researchers will further develop their existing vCoder, an immersive virtual reality (VR) game for students to learn to code. This project will develop an artificial intelligence component to customize pathways to optimize how individual students learn to code. At the end of Phase I, in a pilot study with a middle school class, the researchers will examine whether the prototype functions as planned; if the VR experience adjusts to the level of knowledge and skill of each student; and if students' engagement, knowledge, and coding skill increases pre- to post-intervention.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
Awards with the same topic code
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- Sustainable Systems-Level Change for Literacy Outcomes
- Daily CICO: A User-friendly Tier II Behavior Intervention
- GoManage: A Self-Management Curriculum App for Students with Disabilities
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2021). Reported award amounts total $1,099,531. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Education