ROLE: Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition: Development of a Computational Theory and Educational Curriculum

科学和数学中的许多概念是在阅读科学教科书和科普著作的背景下学习的。本研究将探讨如何从文本的上下文中提取单词的意义。它旨在理解从文本中提取概念意义的过程。研究小组寻求(a)扩展和开发计算语境词汇习得（CVA）算法（即从语境中学习）；(b)统一心理学和其他领域关于CVA主题的不同文献，以及(c)利用从计算CVA系统中获得的知识来探索其对教育课程和学习的影响。从使用CVA技术的学生案例研究中获得的知识将反馈到计算理论的进一步发展中。本项目属于象限2（人类学习的行为、认知、情感和社会方面的基础研究）和象限3（正式和非正式教育环境中的SMET学习研究）。

Many concepts in science and mathematics are learned in the context of reading scientific textbooks and popular writings on science. This study will investigate how the meanings of words are extracted from the context of text. It is aimed at understanding the process in which concept meanings are extracted from text. The research team seeks to (a) extend and develop algorithms for computational contextual vocabulary acquisition (CVA) (i.e., learning from context); (b) to unify a disparate literature on the topic of CVA from psychology and other fields, and (c) to use the knowledge gained from the computational CVA system to explore its implications for educational curriculum and learning. The knowledge gained from case studies of students using the CVA techniques will feed back into further development of computational theory. This project falls within Quadrant 2 (fundamental research on behavioral, cognitive, affective and social aspects of human learning) and Quadrant 3 (research on SMET learning in formal and informal educational settings).