REU Site: The Science of Language & The Language of Science

REU 网站：语言科学

• 批准号: 1461039
• 负责人: Laura Wagner
• 金额: $ 35.38万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461039&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Science; Language; &amp

This project is supported under the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program, which is an NSF-wide program although each Directorate administers its own REU Site competition. This program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in an effort to introduce them to scientific research so as to encourage their continued engagement in the nation's scientific research and development enterprise. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose. The REU program is a major contributor to the NSF's goal of developing a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce. The Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) sciences Directorate awarded this REU Site grant to Ohio State University in order to facilitate undergraduate students' exposure to research on various topics in the science of linguistics as well as science communications. This project utilizes a unique laboratory where students are trained in substantive research skills and the accessible communication of science. The results from these projects will significantly advance our understanding about how language is used in a social context; how children learn to use language in context; and how language understanding is integrated with other aspects of cognition, such as attention and memory. This REU site also helps create researchers who communicate effectively, particularly to the public and to policy-makers, a critical need for maintaining a healthy long-term societal commitment to good science.The Language Sciences Research Lab is a glass-enclosed space within a premier science museum. The language sciences research conducted in the lab constitutes cutting-edge work at the intersection of rigorous linguistic analysis, social interaction, and cognitive processing. The lab hosts an innovative undergraduate course on informal science education, using interactive educational activities about the language sciences. The program includes classroom training in linguistics and psychology and in informal science education. Students' practicum time includes traditional research activities and hand-on experience on the museum floor interacting with the public. In the lab, Ohio State faculty and students conduct linguistic experiments, inviting museum visitors to participate in and learn about the research. The PIs provide an integrated experience that trains students in both missions of the lab: how to conduct language science research and how to communicate with the public about science. The REU site expands the population from the Ohio State Columbus campus students to students from regional campus and community colleges who might not otherwise be able to be involved. Students are recruited from the Ohio region and with a target population of students primarily from the regional campuses of Ohio State; unlike the main campus of OSU, these campuses have an open enrollment policy and attract a diverse student body; and also from local 2-year community colleges in the area, particularly Columbus State.

该项目由本科生研究经验（REU）站点计划支持，该计划是nsf范围内的计划，尽管每个理事会管理自己的REU站点竞赛。本项目支持大学生积极参与科研，引导大学生从事科学研究，鼓励大学生继续投身国家的科学研究和发展事业。REU项目让学生以有意义的方式参与正在进行的研究项目或专门为此目的设计的研究项目。REU计划是NSF发展多样化、具有国际竞争力和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力的目标的主要贡献者。社会，行为和经济（SBE）科学理事会授予俄亥俄州立大学REU网站拨款，以促进本科生接触语言学和科学传播领域各种主题的研究。这个项目利用了一个独特的实验室，在这里，学生们接受了实质性研究技能和科学交流的培训。这些项目的结果将大大促进我们对语言在社会环境中如何使用的理解；儿童如何在语境中学习使用语言；以及语言理解如何与认知的其他方面相结合，比如注意力和记忆力。这个REU网站还帮助培养能够有效沟通的研究人员，特别是与公众和决策者进行有效沟通的研究人员，这是对良好科学保持健康的长期社会承诺的关键需求。语言科学研究实验室是一座顶级科学博物馆内的玻璃封闭空间。在实验室进行的语言科学研究构成了严谨的语言分析，社会互动和认知处理的交叉点的前沿工作。本实验室利用语言科学的互动教育活动，开设了一门创新性的非正式科学教育本科课程。该计划包括语言学和心理学的课堂培训以及非正式的科学教育。学生的实习时间包括传统的研究活动和在博物馆与公众互动的亲身体验。在实验室里，俄亥俄州立大学的教师和学生进行语言学实验，邀请博物馆的参观者参与并了解这项研究。pi提供了一个综合的经验，训练学生在实验室的两个任务：如何进行语言科学研究和如何与公众就科学进行交流。REU网站将人口从俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布校区的学生扩展到地区校园和社区学院的学生，否则他们可能无法参与其中。学生从俄亥俄地区招收，目标学生主要来自俄亥俄州立大学的地区校区；与俄勒冈州立大学的主校区不同，这些校区实行开放招生政策，吸引了多元化的学生群体；以及当地两年制社区大学，尤其是哥伦布州立大学。