SBIR Phase I: Linguistic Analysis of Web Content for 21st Century Inquiry Learning

SBIR第二阶段的创新是双重的。首先，使用先进的自然语言处理技术来分析网站的内容，并确定文本的特征，这些特征决定了学生个人的处理难度。在对文本难易度进行初步评估后，系统变得自适应，并通过跟踪用户的阅读体验自动更新其对网站适用性的决定。这种机器学习技术可以实现差异化学习，从而使英语学习者和特殊教育群体能够公平地访问网络内容。其次，对网站内容进行高级文本分析和分类，检测学校学科领域。例如，小学生会发现科学内容写在他们可以理解的水平上，因此，他们能够把注意力集中在可理解的内容上，并批判性地参与其中。提出的技术解决了信息管理的关键问题，并帮助教师教授学生在任何上下文中查找、评估和利用可用信息所需的技能。所提议的技术的更广泛/商业影响将是在K-12课堂上整合最近阐明的共同核心标准（21世纪学习）。所提出的技术的发展将为差异化学习提供前所未有的机会，并为学生提供终身工具，帮助他们理解和批判性地参与他们所获得的信息。信息素养和基于探究的学习的早期整合不仅可以通过确定适合年龄的资源，而且还可以通过提供一个全面的项目管理平台来实现。教师和课程开发人员将节省宝贵的时间和精力，因为他们将有社区空间来查找精心策划的最新资源和核心项目，他们可以编辑，保存和共享，将它们分配给学生，并接收提交的工作，所有这些都在一个窗口中。学生也有个人空间来做笔记，自动跟踪资源，以便以后审查和引用，协作，准备和提交他们的报告。该平台可以与学校图书馆资源进行整合，成为图书馆员的有力工具。应用程序编程接口可以与出版商合作开发，使他们能够顺利地将核心标准集成到他们的课程中，并为21世纪的学习更新这些标准。

This SBIR Phase II innovation is twofold. First, advanced natural language processing techniques are used to analyze the content of websites and identify features of the text that determine processing difficulty for the individual student. After the initial evaluation of text difficulty, the system becomes adaptive and automatically updates its decision for the suitability of a website by keeping track of the user's reading experience. This machine learning technology enables differentiated learning and, thus, enables fair access of web content to English Language Learners and special education groups. Second, the content of websites is characterized by advanced text analysis and classification to detect school subject areas. Elementary school students, for example, will find science content written at a level that they can comprehend, thus, being enabled to laser focus their attention to accessible content and engage with it critically. The proposed technology addresses the critical problem of information management and helps teachers teach their students the skills that they need to find, evaluate, and take advantage of available information in any context. The broader/commercial impact of the proposed technology will be in the integration of the recently articulated common core standards (21st century learning) in the K-12 classroom. The development of the proposed technology will offer unprecedented opportunity for differentiated learning and give students a life-long tool to help them understand and critically engage with the information available to them. Early integration of information literacy and inquiry based learning is enabled not only by identifying age appropriate resources but, also, by offering a total project management platform. Teachers and curriculum developers will save valuable time and effort because they will have community space to find curated up-to-the-minute resources and core projects, which they can edit, save, and share, assign them to students, and receive submitted work, all in one window. Students, too, have personal space to keep notes, automatically keep track of resources for later review and citation, collaborate, prepare, and submit their reports. The platform can integrate with school library resources, thus, becoming a powerful tool for librarians. Application Programming Interfaces can be developed for collaboration with publishers enabling them to smoothly integrate core standards in their curricula and update them for 21st century learning.