SBIR Phase II: Development of a Media-Rich, Game-Based Social Learning Platform for Improving Math Process Skills

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段的项目提案完善并扩展了项目的初始平台，以改进数学问题的解决。今天的数学课堂大部分时间都花在练习数学程序上，很少花时间深入研究数学概念。此外，当学生进入中学时，他们中的许多人要么出现了数学焦虑，要么没有得到充分的挑战。这个移动协作平台支持流程驱动、学生主导的解决方案。学生可以创作、策划和评估他们自己思考过程的多媒体小片段。在第二阶段，团队将继续完善产品，目标是5-12年级的学生。它还将建立一个多方面的仪表板，以帮助教育工作者定制内容，创建学习途径，并确定学生的优势和劣势。此外，该公司打算扩展该产品，以支持英语学习者和有学习困难的学生。这个项目的广泛影响和商业潜力为改变数学教育和课堂内外的参与度提供了巨大的希望。这个平台将帮助学生建立解决复杂问题的信心和技能，通过对其他学生作业的回顾，完善他们的数学沟通和提高他们的元认知，并为教师提供有关成长措施的有形数据。这使该公司能够从16亿美元的50 -12细分市场开始，随后进入几个相邻的快速增长的细分市场。该团队带来了强大而多样化的教育、技术和商业技能组合，这对拟议的数学教育创新的成功商业化至关重要。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 project proposal refines and scales the project's initial platform for improving mathematics problem solving. Math classrooms today spend most of their time practicing procedures and rarely spend time engaged in deep study of mathematical concepts. In addition, by the time students reach middle school, a number of them have either developed math anxiety or are not adequately challenged. This mobile collaborative platform supports process-driven, student led solutions. Students can create, curate and evaluate multimedia vignettes of their own thinking process. In Phase 2, the team will continue to refine the product, targeting students in Grade 5-12. It will also build a multi-faceted dashboard to help educators customize content, create learning pathways and determine student strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the company intends to extend the product to support English Language Learners and students with learning difficulties.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project offers tremendous promise for changing math education and engagement both in and out of the classroom. This platform will help students develop confidence and skills in solving complex problems, refine their math communication and improve their meta-cognition through the review of other students' work and equip teachers with tangible data about growth measures. This enables the company to address multiple markets starting with the $1.6 billion 5-12 market segment and subsequently addressing several adjacent market segments that are growing rapidly. The team brings a strong and diverse mix of educational, technical and business skills that will be critical to successful commercialization of the proposed math education innovation.