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teachers who really like the program were not implementing it regularly. Exploring different ways to help implement reading intervention continues to be a challenge. Rattan plans to conduct a small study in a Rhode Island school this year with approximately 40 first grade students where she will incorporate technology into more traditional vocabulary lessons. The technology, called InferCabulary by CommApptitude, will be delivered on tablets as a part of the study. It is a web-based, visual vocabulary and reasoning program that teaches word meanings. She hopes this will allow students to do some of the work more independently. “I am grateful that I am able to continue to do this research that I believe can make a difference in young children’s lives,” Rattan says.

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