Creativity in Physics: SGER

本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；并在已知理论的基础上推导出可证伪的实验假设。为支持这三个活动的知识建模的基础是一个约束推理系统。该项目建议在现有的约束推理系统基础上开发一个支持创造力的工具，以支持和鼓励学生从事创造性活动。智力优势：该项目将扩展约束推理模型，使其包括所需的知识和灵活性，以便将其用作物理学中支持创造力的工具。约束表示和操作约束的规则将使用Eclipse约束编程语言开发。支持创意的灵活性将体现在灵活的用户界面的开发上。更广泛的影响：该项目将开发一种工具，在FIT物理课程的背景下鼓励创造力。学生将使用该工具并提供反馈，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的创造力研究可能会影响来自佛罗里达州太空海岸当地高科技产业的众多学生。

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.