Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments in Science and Mathematics Education

跨学科(99)适应性教学和学习环境(ATLes)是一个为本科生、数学、工程和技术类学生提供以问题为基础的真实学习活动的项目，旨在帮助他们发展解决问题的技能和掌握内容。ATLES项目建立在建构主义学习理论和对等教师发展的基础上，同时利用技术来沟通学习目标和促进问题解决。适应性教学环境是科学和数学教育中的协作交流工具和内容教程的集合，嵌入到生成性适应性教程中，基于对关键概念、事实和数据的逐步披露。无论课程或主题如何，ATLES都要求学生写假设，草拟问题分析，并准备摘要或报告，使用的工具与应届毕业生在工作场所使用的基于技术的工具相同。此外，学生在ATLes课程中所走的学习路径正在被跟踪，使教师能够确定成功的学习路径，同样重要的是，那些不成功的领域，学生在材料上遇到困难。最后，这个项目结合了一个独特的研究设计，评估ATLES对学生批判性思维和对特定学科知识的掌握的影响。ATLes的开发分为三个主要主题：1)适应性软件引擎设计，2)ATLes课程模块设计，以及3)ATLes对学生批判性思维和特定学科知识掌握的影响的综合评估。

Interdisciplinary (99)Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments (ATLes) is a project that is providing undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technical students with problem-based, authentic learning activities designed to help them develop problem-solving skills and master content. The ATLes project is founded on constructivist learning theory and peer-to-peer faculty development while using technology to bridge learning goals and promote problem solving. Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments is a collection of collaborative communication tools and content tutorials in science and mathematics education embedded into generative adaptive tutorials based on progressive disclosure of key concepts, facts, and data. Regardless of the course or topic, ATLes requires students to write hypotheses, sketch problem analyses, and prepare summaries or reports using the same technology-based tools recent graduates are using in the workplace. Additionally, the learning path a student takes through an ATLes course is being tracked, allowing instructors to identify successful learning pathways, and of equal importance, those areas that are not successful, where students struggle with material. Finally, this project incorporates a unique research design that assesses the effect ATLes has on student critical thinking and command of discipline specific knowledge. ATLes development is broken into three major themes: 1) adaptive software "engine" design, 2) ATLes lesson module design, and 3) comprehensive assessment of the effects of ATLes on student critical thinking and mastery of discipline- specific knowledge.