ITR: Computationally-Enhanced Construction Kits: Integrating Tangible and Computational Media for Construction and Design

ITR：计算增强的构建套件：集成有形和计算媒体以进行构建和设计

• 批准号: 0326054
• 负责人: Michael Eisenberg
• 金额: $ 180.45万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-15 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0326054&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITR; Computationally; Enhanced; Construction; Kits

ITR-Computationally-Enhanced Construction Kits: Integrating Tangible and Computational Media for Construction and Design Construction kits-such as geometric design sets, erector sets, architectural blocks, anatomical models, chemical modeling kits-are toys designed for the building or assembly of physical models. Such kits have historically played a powerful educational role in children's lives. This project is developing a wide variety of computationally enhanced construction kits, focusing on scientific, mathematical, and engineering domains (such as solid geometry, molecular chemistry, architectural design, and anatomy). Through the use of embedded computation, pieces within a construction kit may communicate with each other, with desktop machines, and with their users; and overall, by integrating construction kits with computation, the educational power and expressiveness of these kits can be greatly increased.The work addresses a range of foundational questions, prominently including:[a] How to improve the technical design of such kits;[b] How to expand the scientific content of these kits; and[c] How to characterize the cognitive and educational benefits (if any) of such kits.In addressing these questions, the PIs are using a strategy of comparative design: that is, they are systematically exploring a variety of design alternatives, characterizing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and attempting to "map out" the overall design space for construction kits. The goals and subject matter of this project are capable of profound and widespread impact in the promotion of American science and mathematics education. Construction kits often have a central affective role in developing students' interests in science and mathematics. The advent of affordable materials for embedded computation in combination with both powerful software applications and the World Wide Web enables these kits to have a vastly more democratized and educationally potent role. New social structures can develop around physical constructional media; and these new structures could prove especially powerful in attracting traditionally underserved populations into scientific and technological careers.

itr -计算增强的建筑套件：整合有形和计算媒体的建设和设计建设套件-如几何设计套件，安装套件，建筑模块，解剖模型，化学建模套件-是为建立或组装物理模型而设计的玩具。历史上，这些工具包在儿童的生活中发挥了强大的教育作用。该项目正在开发各种计算增强的构建套件，重点关注科学、数学和工程领域（如固体几何、分子化学、建筑设计和解剖学）。通过使用嵌入式计算，构建套件中的部件可以相互通信，可以与桌面机器通信，也可以与用户通信；总体而言，通过将构建工具包与计算相结合，这些工具包的教育性和表现力可以大大提高。这项工作涉及一系列基本问题，主要包括：[a]如何改进这些工具包的技术设计；[b]如何扩大这些试剂盒的科学内容；[c]如何描述这些工具包的认知和教育效益（如果有的话）。为了解决这些问题，pi使用了比较设计的策略：也就是说，他们系统地探索各种设计方案，描述每种方案的优点和缺点，并试图“绘制”建筑套件的整体设计空间。该项目的目标和主题能够对促进美国科学和数学教育产生深远而广泛的影响。在培养学生对科学和数学的兴趣方面，构建工具包往往具有核心的情感作用。可负担得起的嵌入式计算材料的出现，结合了强大的软件应用程序和万维网，使这些工具包具有更加民主化和教育上强有力的作用。新的社会结构可以围绕物质建构媒介发展；这些新的结构在吸引传统上得不到充分服务的人群进入科学和技术职业方面可能特别有力。