Designers: 

Dymond Mon, Nitya Shankar, and Mia Sohn

Problem Research:

Harris, S. (2025, January 29). The Nation’s Report Card Shows Declines in Reading, Some Progress in 4th Grade Math. National Assessment Governing Board. https://www.nagb.gov/news-and-events/news-releases/2025/nations-report-card-decline-in-reading-progress-in-math.html

Regis College. (2024, December 5). Child Illiteracy in America: Statistics, Facts, and Resources. https://online.regiscollege.edu/blog/child-illiteracy

The Education Hub. (2022, August 5). Literacy: Why it matters. https://theeducationhub.org.nz/literacy-why-it-matters-2/

Literature Research:

Ciampa, K. (2016). Motivating Grade 1 Children to Read: Exploring the Role of Choice, Curiosity, and Challenge in Mobile Ebooks. Reading Psychology, 37(5), 665–705. https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2015.1105337

Ives, S. T., Parsons, S. A., Parsons, A. W., Robertson, D. A., Daoud, N., Young, C., & Polk, L. (2020). Elementary Students’ Motivation to Read and Genre Preferences. Reading Psychology, 41(7), 660–679. https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2020.1783143

Nolen, S. B. (2007). Young Children’s Motivation to Read and Write: Development in Social Contexts. Cognition and Instruction, 25(2–3), 219–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370000701301174

Prados Sánchez, G., Cózar-Gutiérrez, R., del Olmo-Muñoz, J., & González-Calero, J. A. (2023). Impact of a gamified platform in the promotion of reading comprehension and attitudes towards reading in primary education. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 36(4), 669–693. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2021.1939388 

Market Research:

Blake eLearning. (2008). Reading Eggs [Computer software]. https://readingeggs.com/about-blake/

Duolingo. (2020). Duolingo ABC [Computer software]. https://abc.duolingo.com/

Teach Your Monster. (2019). Teach Your Monster to Read [Computer software]. https://www.teachyourmonster.org/