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

9720363 Stillings 该项目由学习和智能系统 (LIS) 计划资助。 在汉普郡学院科学课程中实施的大学水平探究导向教学的可行模型中研究辅导互动和学习成果。这项研究将在头两年内进行。该研究将由尼尔·斯蒂林斯（Neil Stillings）、劳伦斯·温希普（Lawrence Winship）和一名认知与教育博士后研究员在本科生研究助理和外部教育研究顾问的协助下进行。 我们将扩展现有的智能多媒体辅导技术来支持大学水平的探究式教学。这项研究将涉及开发新的软件架构，以支持模拟环境和集成的计算机控制实验室环境中的查询。该项目将由 Lee Spector、Beverly Woolf、Steven Weisler 和一名计算机科学博士后研究员主持，Neil Stillings 和 Lawrence Winship 也将参与其中。 我们将通过开发三个大学水平的生物和认知科学探究型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中开发一种应用程序，在环境科学中开发一种应用程序，在人类生物学中开发一种应用程序。这些应用程序将可供课堂使用，并适合在研究环境之外使用。主要开发人员将是 Lee Spector、Steven Weisler、计算机科学博士后研究员、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人员合作。最初的计划是开发六个应用程序而不是三个。预算也相应减少。 至少有两个软件应用程序将在汉普郡进行测试，并且至少其中一个将被修改以反映测试结果。 课堂测试涉及所提出的软件架构的一个重要特征，该架构将具有内置的教育和心理测量功能。该项目软件测试阶段的主要研究人员是尼尔·斯蒂林斯 (Neil Stillings)、认知和教育博士后研究员贝弗利·伍尔夫 (Beverly Woolf) 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。 该提案的这方面已被放弃，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.