NumberShire I
  
    
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  Award Amount
              $1,049,954
          Award Number
              #EDIES11C0026
          Funding Source
          Institute of Education Sciences
           U.S. Department of Education
           Small Business Innovation Research Program
           Sub with Thought Cycle, No Goal, #EDIES11C0026
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      Description
NumberShire is a suite of internet-based gaming interventions designed to explicitly teach students in grades K-2 whole number concepts that align with the Common Core State Standards. Numbershire I includes a series of engaging stories and narrative goals to motivate first grade students in early mathematics.
NumberShire was developed through a unique partnership with Thought Cycle, an Oregon-based gaming company, and funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R324A120071 to the University of Oregon and SBIR funds to Thought Cycle, LLC.