Computational Support for Authentic Science Inquiry

真实科学探究的计算支持

• 批准号: 9555719
• 负责人: Elliot Soloway
• 金额: $ 173.95万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-04-01 至 2001-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9555719&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computational; Support; Authentic; Science; Inquiry

Soloway 9555719 This effort aims to provide a compelling demonstration that a population of high school students, representative of the rich diversity served by public education, can-and indeed, will-engage, in the context of good authentic science problems, in the full-range of science inquiry activities, as advocated by the AAAS and the NRC, when they area supported by a comprehensive and scaffold computer and communications environment; and, in so doing, the students will develop a genuine understanding of science content and process. In this four year project, we will construct, classroom deploy, and evaluate the Investigators' Workshop (IWSHop), a computationally enhanced learning environment that houses and integrates the many tools needed to support the full-range of inquiry activities, e.g., data and information gathering, planning & Managing, modeling and visualizing, community debating. The IWShop will also serve as meeting place, available on the Internet through the University of Michigan's Digital Library. Learner-Centered Design will be used in the development of the IWShop; where appropriate, 3D photo-realistic interfaces will be used. The IWShop will be used on a routing, daily basis by students in two high schools in Ann Arbor and two in Omaha in addressing curriculum projects that cover a 10th grade year of integrated science. A multi-pronged, thorough evaluation will be carried out to assess the impact of the IWShop on students' understanding of and motivation toward science. ***

Soloway 9555719 这项工作旨在提供一个令人信服的证明，即代表公共教育丰富多样性的高中生群体能够而且确实愿意在良好的真实科学问题的背景下，参与 AAAS 和 NRC 所倡导的全方位科学探究活动，当他们得到全面和脚手架计算机和通信环境的支持时；通过这样做，学生将对科学内容和过程产生真正的理解。 在这个为期四年的项目中，我们将构建、课堂部署和评估调查员研讨会（IWSHop），这是一个计算增强的学习环境，其中容纳并集成了支持全方位探究活动所需的许多工具，例如数据和信息收集、规划和管理、建模和可视化、社区辩论。 IWShop 还将作为聚会场所，可通过密歇根大学数字图书馆在互联网上访问。 IWShop 的开发将采用以学习者为中心的设计；在适当的情况下，将使用 3D 逼真界面。 安娜堡两所高中和奥马哈两所高中的学生每天都会使用 IWShop 来处理涵盖十年级综合科学的课程项目。我们将进行多方面、全面的评估，以评估IWShop对学生科学理解和动机的影响。 ***