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.

该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 工程合作伙伴关系，开发和研究可扩展的工程教育模式。建立这些合作伙伴关系的材料和背景将使用名为 RoboBooks 的新型基于乐高的数字组合软件。塔夫茨工程教育推广中心 [CEEO] 的成员将开发两本交互式 RoboBooks，通过辅助设备工程教授中学科学。纽约城市学院 [CCNY] 的合作伙伴将制定一份研讨会合作手册。该项目的 Student RoboBook 将支持 4-8 年级的学生学习力、运动和简单机器，让他们构建和编程机器人，并对他们的原型提供反馈。性能来帮助他们改进设计。该项目的 Teacher RoboBook 将帮助 4-8 年级的教师与学生一起学习使用 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内容知识。该项目将以两种方式进行评估：评估 RoboBooks 对学生和教师学习的影响，以及通过试点测试项目材料的使用来支持 CCNY 工程学院、CCNY 教师培训师和纽约市教师之间的类似伙伴关系。该项目实现可扩展性的方法包括向潜在的合作团体提供两本 RoboBooks 的副本，然后他们将其进行改编以供当地教师和学生使用。工程教师和教师培训师将使用该手册定制 RoboBooks 以供当地学区使用，并设计有关使用 RoboBooks 的夏季教师讲习班，同时分享彼此的专业知识，这将增加建立可持续的 K12-工程合作伙伴关系的机会，并提高课堂上工程教育价值的意识。