A Collaborative Research Project: Using RoboBooks To Build Scalable K12-

合作研究项目：使用 RoboBooks 构建可扩展的 K12-

• 批准号: 0835949
• 负责人: Chris Rogers
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0835949&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Project; Using; RoboBooks

This exploratory project will develop and investigate a scalable model of engineering education through K12-Engineering partnerships composed of engineering schools, K12 institutions and teacher trainers. The materials and context for building these partnerships will use new LEGO-based digital portfolio software called RoboBooks. Members of the Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach [CEEO] will develop two interactive RoboBooks to teach middle school science through the engineering of assistive devices. Partners at the City College of New York [CCNY] will develop a Workshop Partnership Manual. The project?s Student RoboBook will support grade 4-8 students in learning about force and motion and simple machines by having them build and program robots, and giving feedback on their prototypes? performance to help them improve their designs. The project?s Teacher RoboBook will help grades 4-8 teachers learn to use RoboBooks with their students, understand the relevant science and engineering concepts, and begin building pedagogical content knowledge related to engineering design. The project will be evaluated in two ways: by assessing the impact RoboBooks have on student and teacher learning, and by pilot testing the use of project materials to support an analogous partnership between CCNY?s Schools of Engineering, CCNY teacher trainers and NYC teachers. The project?s approach to achieving scalability involves providing potential partnership groups with copies of the two RoboBooks, which they then adapt for use by local teachers and students. Engineering faculty and teacher trainers will use the manual to customize RoboBooks for use in local school districts and design summer teacher workshops on using RoboBooks, all the while sharing their mutual expertise, which will enhance the chances of building a sustainable K12- Engineering Partnership and improving the awareness of engineering education?s value in the classroom.

这个探索性项目将通过由工程学校，K12机构和教师培训师组成的K12工程伙伴关系来开发和调查一种可扩展的工程教育模型。建立这些合作伙伴关系的材料和环境将使用新的基于乐高的数字投资组合软件，称为Robobooks。塔夫茨工程教育外展中心的成员[CEEO]将开发两个互动式robooks，通过辅助设备的工程来教中学科学。纽约城市学院的合作伙伴[CCNY]将制定一份研讨会合作手册。该项目的学生Robobook将通过建立和编程机器人并就其原型提供反馈来支持4-8年级的学生学习力量，运动和简单的机器？绩效以帮助他们改善设计。该项目的老师Robobook将帮助4 - 8年级的教师学会与学生一起使用Robobooks，了解相关的科学和工程概念，并开始构建与工程设计相关的教学知识。该项目将通过两种方式进行评估：通过评估Robobook对学生和教师学习的影响，并通过试点测试项目材料的使用来支持CCNY工程学，CCNY教师培训师和纽约教师之间的类似伙伴关系。实现可伸缩性的项目方法涉及为潜在的伙伴团体提供两个robobooks的副本，然后它们适应当地教师和学生的使用。工程教师和教师培训师将使用手册来定制robobooks用于本地学区的使用，并设计有关使用robobooks的夏季教师讲习班，同时共享他们的共同专业知识，这将增强建立可持续的K12-Engineerming合作伙伴关系并提高工程学教育的可持续性的机会。