Learning and Intelligent Systems:Inquiry-Based Science Education: Cognitive Measures and Systems Support

9720363本项目由学习和智能系统(LIS)倡议提供资金。研究在汉普郡大学理科课程中实施的大学层面探究式教学的可行模式中的辅导互动和学习结果。这项研究将在头两年进行。它将由尼尔·斯蒂林斯、劳伦斯·温希普和认知与教育博士后研究员进行，并由本科生研究助理和一名外部教育研究顾问协助进行。我们将扩展现有的智能多媒体教学技术，支持大学层面的探究式教学。这项研究将涉及开发新的软件体系结构，以支持在模拟环境和集成的、计算机控制的实验室环境中进行询问。它将由Lee Spector、Beverly Woolf、Steven Weisler以及计算机科学博士后研究员进行，尼尔·斯蒂林斯和劳伦斯·温希普也将参与其中。我们将通过开发生物科学和认知科学方面的三个大学水平的面向探究的软件包来展示我们对教育软件技术的扩展。我们的计划是在语言科学、环境科学和人类生物学领域各产生一项应用。这些应用程序将在课堂上使用，并适合在研究范围之外使用。主要开发人员将是Lee Spector、Steven Weisler，他是计算机科学博士后、专业程序员和计算机科学研究生助理。他们将与适当学科的教职员工合作。最初的计划是开发6个应用程序，而不是3个。预算也相应减少了。至少有两个软件应用程序将在汉普郡进行测试，其中至少一个将进行修订，以反映测试结果。课堂测试涉及拟议的软件体系结构的一个重要功能，它将具有内置的教育和心理测量能力。该项目软件测试阶段的主要研究人员是Neil Stilling，Beverly Woolf，认知和教育博士后研究员，以及外部教育顾问。最初的提案还涉及在马萨诸塞大学引入和测试软件。提案的这一方面已被放弃，预算也相应减少。

9720363 Stillings This project is being funded through the Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS) Initiative. to study tutorial interaction and learning outcomes in a feasible model of college-level inquiry-oriented instruction, as it is implemented in the Hampshire College science curriculum. This research will occur during the first two years. It will be conducted by Neil Stillings, Lawrence Winship, and a post-doctoral fellow in cognition and education, with the assistance of undergraduate research assistants and an outside educational research consultant. We will extend current intelligent multimedia tutoring technology to support college-level inquiry-oriented instruction. This research will involve the development of new software architectures to support inquiry in simulation environments and in integrated, computer-controlled laboratory environments. It will be conducted by Lee Spector, Beverly Woolf, Steven Weisler, and a post-doctoral fellow in computer science, with some additional involvement from Neil Stillings and Lawrence Winship. We will demonstrate our extensions of educational software technology by developing three college-level inquiry-oriented software packages in the biological and cognitive sciences. Our plan is to produce one application in the language sciences, one in the environmental sciences, and one in human biology. These applications will be classroom-ready and suitable for use outside the research context. The primary developers will be Lee Spector, Steven Weisler, a post-doctoral fellow in computer science, a professional programmer, and graduate assistants in computer science. They will work with faculty members in the appropriate disciplines. The original plan was to develop six applications rather than three. The budget has been reduced accordingly. At least two of the software applications will be tested at Hampshire, and at least one of them will be revised to reflect the testing results. The classroom testing involves an important feature of the proposed software architectures, which will have built-in educational and psychological measurement capabilities. The primary researchers for the software testing phase of the project are Neil Stillings, Beverly Woolf, the post- doctoral fellow in cognition and education, and an outside educational consultant. The original proposal also involved the introduction and testing of software at the University of Massachusetts. That aspect of the proposal has been dropped and the budget reduced accordingly.