Eleonora Gabay

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Eleonora Gabay holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Cinema Engineering and Teacher’s Certificate from the Pedagogical University. She also graduated from St . Petersburg Academy of Art. She has worked as an engineer, teacher, and lecturer for the teachers and has 6 papers in educational and scientific journals. In the 5 years before her departure from Russia, she supervised the laboratory of new methods in the Teachers’ Development Institute, held training seminars and workshops for teachers, and coordinated International Programs for teachers from East Europe. Her extensive engineering and teaching experiences have allowed her to create her own course "Engineering methods in education" and to develop a new teaching tool " Feedback Cards". Using the color as the best informational signal, these cards provide immediate feedback on how well a class or group understands the material taught.. In 1986 this system won a prize in the All-Union contest for innovative instructional materials.

Since 1991 Mrs. Gabay has worked to adapt her feedback cards to the American educational system. Through long-term research and much testing, she has invented new kind of workbook that is interactive, "hands-on", self-checkable, game-like, and reusable. Her first products for the American market were the BASIColoRIDE Workbooks for Basic Skills reinforcement.

In 2000, using the same format and technique, Mrs. Gabay and music educator Larisa Pavlova created MUSIColoRIDE workbook. This book, which has been widely tested on young children, have shown the remarkable results – children ask to work with MUSIColoRIDE workbook again and again.

Personal: Eleonora Gabay is married to Natan Kogan, Doctor of Science in pharmaceutical chemistry. Natan is currently working in the field of biotechnology and is a Research Assistant Professor at New York University, School of Medicine. They have one son Leon and two grandchildren Victor and Dina.

Larisa Pavlova