CU Thinking: Research to Practice

该项目由网络基础设施办公室和工程教育与中心部共同资助，将把用于评估学生解决问题能力的现有研究工具MuseInk扩展为反馈丰富的教学工具。MuseInk是由Co-Pi(Bowman)开发的一款新型平板电脑应用程序，用于帮助研究人员研究问题解决策略。研究小组目前正在使用MuseInk来调查不同学术准备和先前知识的学生在第一年的工程项目中如何发展解决问题的技能。该项目的具体目标是1)强化MuseInk并增加特定于教学的功能，2)扩展和开发MuseInk中新的内置分析工具和可视化，以及3)为MuseInk使用者开发一个在线社区，以共享材料、想法和支持。CU思维的结果：从研究到实践？将打通课堂实践者和研究人员之间的沟通渠道，促进研究转化为实践。通过在MuseInk中开发高级功能和可视化，采用者社区将能够分享MuseInk在课内和课外教育体验中采用MuseInk的最佳实践。同时，社区的发展将使在教学材料、评估方法和研究项目方面有更多的合作机会。用户的反馈，对社区互动的观察，以及对研究人员和教师开发的评估和材料的分析，将可持续地推动MuseInk未来的发展方向。

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.