EAGER: WeInvestigate: Collaborative exploration of scientific phenomena with the assistance of hand-held simulations, prose, and graphics

PI提出了一个EAGER，以协助开发和研究WeInvestigate，这是一个将在移动终端上运行的应用程序。 该应用程序将帮助支持学习者使用多种媒体进行工件构建，同时两个或多个学习者可以面对面或远距离同步合作。 WeInvestigate正在利用研究，与他人合作学习与更高的参与度和学习成果相关。PI正在调查教师和学生在实施WeInvestigate时的经验，以支持他们参与和学习科学现象。 他们还在研究支持同步协作的附加值及其对学生学习的影响。WeInvestigate应用程序有可能接触到大量学生，因为很可能更多的学校可以使用移动的设备，大学准备标准将寻找诸如WeInvestigage这样的协作工具，这些工具将协作和复杂文本的阅读集成在一起。PI正在与国家科学教师协会（NSTA）合作，后者正在建立一个平台，以支持下一代科学标准的应用。

The PIs are proposing an EAGER to assist in the development and study of WeInvestigate, an application that will run on a mobile device. The application will help support learners as they engage in artifact construction using multiple media while two or more learners can be synchronously collaborating either face-to-face or at a distance. WeInvestigate is leveraging the research that learning in collaboration with others associated with higher engagement and learning outcomes. The PIs are investigating the experiences of teachers and students as they implement WeInvestigate to support their engagement and learning about scientific phenomena. They are also looking at the value-added of the support for synchronous collaboration and its impact on student learning. The WeInvestigate application has the potential to reach a high number of students since it is likely that more schools have access to mobile devices and college readiness standards will be looking for collaborative tools such as WeInvesitgage that integrate collaboration and the reading of complex text. PIs are partnering with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) who are building a platform to support the applications for the Next Generation Science Standards.