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2阶段项目提案改进和扩展了该项目的初始平台，以提高数学问题解决能力。今天的数学课堂花了大部分时间练习程序，很少花时间深入研究数学概念。此外，当学生进入中学时，他们中的一些人要么发展出数学焦虑，要么没有受到足够的挑战。这个移动的协作平台支持流程驱动、学生主导的解决方案。学生可以创建，策划和评估自己的思维过程的多媒体小插曲。在第二阶段，该团队将继续完善产品，针对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，该公司打算将该产品扩展到支持英语学习者和学习困难的学生。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力为改变数学教育和课堂内外的参与提供了巨大的希望。这个平台将帮助学生培养解决复杂问题的信心和技能，通过审查其他学生的工作来完善他们的数学交流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5-12岁细分市场开始，并随后解决几个快速增长的相邻细分市场。该团队拥有强大而多样化的教育、技术和商业技能，这对于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.