SBIR PHASE II: Computer Simulation of Science and Technical Laboratory Exercises for Physically-Disabled Students

* 9710548沃尔托斯 这个小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目来自Simulations Plus（Words Plus的母公司），解决了各种残疾学生能够在物理科学中进行实验室实验的需求。 该项目建立在第一阶段工作期间进行的工作，以及在第一阶段完成后由Words Plus支持的工作的基础上，开发了实验室实验的有效计算机模拟，这些实验可以由严重身体残疾的学生以最小的运动输入运行。 能够亲身体验模拟实验的结果，并控制这些实验的设置和操作，将使学生承担积极参与者的角色，而不是局限于他们目前的角色作为观众。 这个新的机会应该激励更多这样的学生对科学产生浓厚的兴趣。 对于那些大脑功能良好，但身体阻止他们参与需要更多体力活动的人来说，科学家可能是一个理想的职业。 英国剑桥大学的世界著名理论物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金教授（自1985年以来一直是Words Plus的用户）就是一个明显的例子，他是一个严重身体残疾的人，通过一个开关接口为科学做出了重大贡献。 身体残疾者可以运行的软件也可以由身体健全的学生运行。 虽然许多残疾学生积极参与科学的能力似乎需要使用模拟软件，但在所有学生的教育中使用这种软件也预计越来越重要。 它将使所有的学生通过个人计算机来增加他们的经验，通过允许模拟由于成本，安全或传统实验室环境中的其他复杂性而不可行的情况来提供扩展的学习机会。 ***

*** 9710548 Woltosz This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project from Simulations Plus (parent company of Words Plus) addresses the need for students with a variety of disabilities to be able to conduct laboratory experiments in the physical sciences. The project builds on work carried out during the Phase I effort, as well as on work supported by Words Plus after the completion of Phase I, to develop efficient computer simulations of laboratory experiments that can be run by severely physically disabled students with minimal motor input. The ability to experience firsthand the results of simulated experiments and to control the setup and operation of those experiments will enable students to assume the role of active participants as opposed to being limited to their current role as spectators. This new opportunity should motivate more such students to take a lively interest in the sciences. Being a scientist can be an ideal occupation for those whose brains function well, but whose bodies prevent them from participating in activities requiring more physical proficiency. Professor Stephen Hawking, world famous theoretical physicist of the University of Cambridge in England (a Words Plus user since 1985), is a clear example of a severely physically-disabled person who is making major contributions to science through a single switch interface. Software that can be run by the physically-disabled can also be run by able-bodied students. Whereas the ability of many disabled students to participate actively in the sciences would seem to require the use of simulation software, the use of such software in the education of all students is also projected to be of growing importance. It will enable all students to augment their experiences via personal computer, providing expanded learning opportunities by allowing simulations of situations that are infeasible to present to students because of cost, safety, or other complexities in a traditional laboratory environment. ***