CU Thinking: Research to Practice

该项目由网络基础设施办公室和工程教育中心联合资助，将现有的用于评估学生解决问题能力的研究工具MuseInk扩展为一种反馈丰富的教学工具。MuseInk是一款新颖的平板电脑应用程序，可以帮助研究人员研究解决问题的策略。目前，该研究小组正在使用MuseInk来调查具有不同学术背景和先验知识的学生如何在第一年的工程项目中发展解决问题的技能。这个项目的具体目标是：1)强化MuseInk并增加专门用于教学的功能；2)扩展和开发新的内置分析工具和可视化工具；3)开发一个在线社区，供MuseInk使用者分享材料、想法和支持。的结果？科罗拉多大学思考：从研究到实践？将打开课堂实践者与研究者之间的沟通渠道，促进研究成果向实践的转化。通过在MuseInk中开发高级功能和可视化，使用者社区将能够在课堂和课外教育体验中分享采用MuseInk的最佳实践。与此同时，社区的发展将为教材、评估方法和研究项目提供更多的合作机会。用户的反馈，社区互动的观察，以及研究人员和讲师对评估和材料的分析，将持续推动MuseInk的未来发展方向。

This project which is jointly funded by the Office of Cyberinfrastructure and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers will extend an existing research tool used to assess students' problem solving abilities, MuseInk, into a tool for feedback-rich instructional delivery. MuseInk, developed by a Co-PI (Bowman), is a novel Tablet PC application that assists researchers in studying problem solving strategies. MuseInk is currently in use by the research group to investigate how students with different academic preparation and prior knowledge progress in developing problem-solving skills in a first year engineering program. The specific goals of this project are to 1) harden MuseInk and add functionality specific for instruction, 2) expand and develop new built-in analysis tools and visualizations in MuseInk, and 3) develop an online community for MuseInk adopters to share materials, ideas, and support. The outcomes of ?CU Thinking: Research to Practice? will open a communication channel between classroom practitioners and researchers and facilitate the translation of research to practice. Through the development of advanced features and visualizations within MuseInk, the community of adopters will be able to share best practices of MuseInk adoption for both in-class and out-of-class educational experiences. At the same time, the development of the community will enable greater opportunities for collaboration on instructional materials, assessment methodologies, and research projects. The feedback from users, observation of community interactions, and analysis of the assessments and materials developed by researchers and instructors will sustainably drive the future direction of MuseInk development.