Increasing Access to STEM Instruction Through Specially Produced Notes using Tablet PC Technology and Speech-to-Text Services

通过使用平板电脑技术和语音转文本服务专门制作的笔记，增加对 STEM 教学的访问

• 批准号: 0737210
• 负责人: Michael Stinson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737210&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Access; STEM; Instruction; Through

Interdisciplinary (99) Students with learning disabilities (LD), who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH), and those who are learners of English language (ELL) face significant communication barriers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate courses; their cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual characteristics impede learning these classes. This project is addressing these barriers by providing to students notes produced with the Tablet C-Print Pro software recently developed at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), specifically for use in STEM courses. The notes, distributed electronically to all students in class, include text and graphic representation of class lecture and discussion. The project is comparing learning gains in classes, (matched for course content and instructor), in which C-Print notes are provided in contrast to classes in which the notes are not provided. The project is also assessing the benefit of C-Print notes for four groups of students: (a) LD, (b) D/HH, (c) ELL, and (d) those who do not have difficulty comprehending spoken English. Innovation and knowledge yielded by the project can improve student learning in a variety of STEM areas, especially learning by groups that have difficulty comprehending material in STEM courses. Distribution of C-Print notes to all students will contribute to broadening participation and success in STEM courses by underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and ELL students and increase the likelihood of becoming a STEM major. Students who do not face these communication challenges may also benefit from the technology.

跨学科（99）学生学习障碍（LD），谁是聋人或重听（D/HH），和那些谁是英语（ELL）的学习者面临着重大的沟通障碍，在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）本科课程;他们的认知，语言和感知特征阻碍学习这些类。该项目通过向学生提供由罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）最近开发的Tablet C-Print Pro软件制作的笔记来解决这些障碍，专门用于STEM课程。这些笔记以电子方式分发给所有的学生，包括课堂演讲和讨论的文字和图形。 该项目正在比较课堂上的学习收获，（课程内容和教师匹配），其中提供C-Print笔记与不提供笔记的课程形成对比。该项目还评估了C-Print笔记对四类学生的好处：（a）LD，（B）D/HH，（c）ELL，和（d）那些理解英语口语没有困难的学生。该项目产生的创新和知识可以改善学生在各种STEM领域的学习，特别是那些难以理解STEM课程材料的群体的学习。向所有学生分发C-Print笔记将有助于扩大代表性不足的群体（包括残疾人和ELL学生）参与STEM课程并取得成功，并增加成为STEM专业的可能性。没有面临这些沟通挑战的学生也可以从这项技术中受益。