Mobile Math Apps

移动数学应用程序

• 批准号: 1140299
• 负责人: Douglas Ensley
• 金额: $ 17.42万
• 依托单位: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140299&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mobile; Math; Apps

This project is creating mobile, smart phone applications ("apps") with the goal of increasing student performance on standard precalculus problems, measured in both achievement level and time on task. Content modules are being developed, each corresponding to a specific, traditional precalculus topic and including visualizations that illuminate concepts and encourage practice. The project's intellectual merit rests in two areas. First, the "apps" take advantage of the general portability of smart phones and their unique user interfaces, while addressing the challenges of screen size and processor speed. Each module also comes with practice problems for students to demonstrate mastery of skills. Second, usage data from phones are used to study patterns and modes of use of the apps by students. Learning measures include the number and level of practice problems completed successfully, as well as the increase in time-on-task within the smart phone environment. These data are then being correlated with performance in the classroom using standard assessment tools. The broader impacts of the project are felt through its targeting of improved student success rate in precalculus, a traditional bottleneck for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The output and outcomes of the project are also informing future work by a growing community of developers for other courses, even those outside of mathematics. Through its nurturing of this community the project is positioned to transform the fast developing area of mobile technology in undergraduate education.

这个项目是创造移动的，智能手机应用程序（“应用程序”）的目标是提高学生的表现在标准的微积分问题，在成绩水平和时间的任务。正在开发内容模块，每个模块对应于一个特定的传统微积分前主题，并包括阐明概念和鼓励实践的可视化。该项目的学术价值在于两个方面。首先，“应用程序”利用了智能手机的一般便携性及其独特的用户界面，同时解决了屏幕尺寸和处理器速度的挑战。每个模块还配有练习题，供学生展示掌握的技能。其次，来自手机的使用数据用于研究学生使用应用程序的模式和模式。学习措施包括成功完成的练习问题的数量和水平，以及在智能手机环境中的任务时间的增加。然后，这些数据与使用标准评估工具的课堂表现相关联。该项目的更广泛的影响是通过提高学生在微积分前的成功率，这是学生攻读科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科学位的传统瓶颈。该项目的产出和成果也为越来越多的其他课程开发者社区的未来工作提供了信息，即使是数学之外的课程。通过培育这个社区，该项目的定位是改变本科教育中移动的技术的快速发展领域。