Creativity in Physics: SGER

物理学创造力：SGER

• 批准号: 0732566
• 负责人: Debasis Mitra
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Florida Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0732566&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creativity; Physics; SGER

This project identifies three kinds of creative activities in Physics: deriving a new law from existing theory; asking what-if questions within the scope of a known theory; and deriving a falsifiable hypothesis for experimentation within a known theory. The basis for modeling the knowledge that can support these three activities is a constraint reasoning system. The project proposes to develop a creativity support tool on top of an existing constraint reasoning system that will support and encourage students to engage in creative activities.Intellectual Merit: This project will extend the constraint reasoning model to include the knowledge needed and the flexibility required for its use as a creativity support tool in physics. The constraint representation and the rules for manipulating the constraints will be developed using the Eclipse constraint programming language. The flexibility for supporting creativity will be in the development of a flexible user interface.Broader Impact: This project will develop a tool that encourages creativity in the context of physics courses at FIT. The students will be using and providing feedback on the tool, which will expose them to constraint modeling in physics and to the potential for creativity in physics. Research in creativity in FIT is likely to impact numerous students coming from local high-tech industries on Florida's Space Coast.

这个项目确定了物理学中的三种创造性活动：从现有理论中推导出新的定律；在已知理论的范围内提出假设问题；以及在已知理论中推导出用于实验的可证伪假设。支持这三个活动的知识建模的基础是约束推理系统。该项目建议在现有的约束推理系统的基础上开发一个创造力支持工具，以支持和鼓励学生从事创造性活动。智力优点：该项目将扩展约束推理模型，以包括所需的知识和作为物理创造力支持工具所需的灵活性。约束表示和操作约束的规则将使用Eclipse约束编程语言来开发。支持创造力的灵活性将在于开发灵活的用户界面。广泛影响：该项目将开发一种工具，在FIT的物理课程背景下鼓励创造力。学生将使用并提供关于该工具的反馈，这将使他们接触到物理中的约束建模和物理中的创造力潜力。FIT中的创造力研究可能会影响到来自佛罗里达州太空海岸当地高科技行业的众多学生。