Sensor-enabled Geometric Blocks for Research in Early-childhood Education

用于幼儿教育研究的传感器驱动的几何块

• 批准号: 1109270
• 负责人: Kiju Lee
• 金额: $ 29.05万
• 依托单位: Case Western Reserve University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1109270&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sensor; enabled; Geometric; Blocks; Research

This REESE Pathways project aims to develop and evaluate a novel procedural and methodological approach for assessing cognitive and fine-motor skills in children through sensor-embedded geometric blocks. Cognitive problem-solving, fine-motor control, and working memory skills are closely linked to fundamental STEM reasoning and learning abilities. Employing a set of sensor-integrated geometric blocks and an interactive graphical user interface, the blocks will function as an automated, objective, and multimodal assessment and educational tool for researchers, clinicians, educators, and parents, while also being engaging for children.Three types of blocks will be developed: assembly, shape matching, and shape memory. The three types address children's abilities of conceptual reasoning, problem-solving, and working memory, in addition to fine-motor control and visual-motor integration. Initial evaluation will focus on testing safety, durability, and usability of the developed technology. Reliability and validity evaluation will later be conducted on young children, aged 4 to 6. This project will provide advanced instrumentation for related research areas by enabling collection from multiple real-time data sources that are objective, simultaneous, and cumulative in a variety of different environmental settings. It will bring a direct impact on early education for preschoolers and school-aged children by providing a tangible interface for learning fundamental STEM content in various formal and informal educational settings. Furthermore, it can be easily transformed into various tests for measuring intelligence, achievement, learning capability, motor proficiency, spatial memory, and attention, while addressing individual differences and special needs, particularly for underrepresented groups. The blocks may also be extended to interventional and therapeutic applications for persons with cognitive or motor disabilities.

该 REESE Pathways 项目旨在开发和评估一种新颖的程序和方法，通过嵌入传感器的几何块来评估儿童的认知和精细运动技能。认知问题解决、精细运动控制和工作记忆技能与基本的 STEM 推理和学习能力密切相关。这些积木采用一组传感器集成的几何积木和交互式图形用户界面，将作为研究人员、临床医生、教育工作者和家长的自动化、客观和多模式评估和教育工具，同时也能吸引儿童。将开发三种类型的积木：组装、形状匹配和形状记忆。除了精细运动控制和视觉运动整合之外，这三种类型还针对儿童的概念推理、解决问题和工作记忆的能力。初步评估将侧重于测试所开发技术的安全性、耐用性和可用性。随后将对 4 至 6 岁的幼儿进行可靠性和有效性评估。该项目将为相关研究领域提供先进的仪器，通过在各种不同环境设置下从多个实时数据源收集客观、同时和累积的数据。 It will bring a direct impact on early education for preschoolers and school-aged children by providing a tangible interface for learning fundamental STEM content in various formal and informal educational settings.此外，它可以很容易地转化为测量智力、成就、学习能力、运动熟练程度、空间记忆和注意力的各种测试，同时解决个体差异和特殊需求，特别是对于代表性不足的群体。这些模块还可以扩展到针对认知或运动障碍人士的介入和治疗应用。