I-Corps L: The E-Prime Curricula for Discovering Research Methods

I-Corps L：发现研究方法的 E-Prime 课程

• 批准号: 1548096
• 负责人: Sandra Webster
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Westminster College
• 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: 2015-08-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1548096&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Prime; Curricula; Discovering; Research

Through the NSF Innovation Corps for Learning Program (I-Corps L), this project will develop ways to increase the scale and impact of an experiment authoring system to guide students in designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting their own experiments. The Behavioral Research Instruction Through E-Prime (BRITE) project is designed to integrate research methods, design, and analysis instruction in a series of modules that build upon one another. The key feature of the project is that each module provides students with hands-on experiential applications of behavioral research. Each module includes the activities of research according to the scientific method culminating in the students designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting their own experiments. The application of the E-Prime® experiment authoring system provides students with a high-powered research tool that they need to produce high quality, current research to answer questions they will find interesting. The curriculum integrates the different parts of behavioral research and carefully sequences them to build skills and understanding in an appropriate timeline. Having students conduct current research using E-Prime helps them gain competence and develop positive attitudes toward experimental behavioral research.The BRITE research modules to be scaled to a larger user base will promote flexibility of implementation so that faculty in universities, small colleges, and community colleges can apply them over one or two semesters, with or without a formal laboratory. Online delivery is anticipated and modules will be supported by a student access to E-Prime and possible textbook bundles. In addition to the student materials, there will be online support materials, and a help system for course instructors. The project is innovative in that is integrates the necessary skills for research making them current, accessible, hands-on, and interesting for students. The E-Prime software gives students the tools needed to precisely manipulate variables via computational resources widely available to students and accurately measure behaviors including reaction times. An engaged student learning method such as the BRITE program help students to apply the concepts they learn, solidifying learning gains and helping students to become competent research scientists.

通过NSF创新团队学习计划（I-Corps L），该项目将开发方法来增加实验创作系统的规模和影响，以指导学生设计，进行，分析和报告自己的实验。 通过E-Prime（BRITE）项目的行为研究教学旨在将研究方法，设计和分析教学整合到一系列相互建立的模块中。该项目的主要特点是，每个模块为学生提供了行为研究的实践经验应用。每个模块包括根据科学方法的研究活动，最终学生设计，进行，分析和报告自己的实验。E-Prime®实验创作系统的应用为学生提供了一个高性能的研究工具，他们需要产生高质量的，当前的研究，以回答他们会发现有趣的问题。该课程整合了行为研究的不同部分，并仔细排列它们，以在适当的时间轴中建立技能和理解。让学生使用E-Prime进行当前的研究有助于他们获得能力并培养对实验行为研究的积极态度。BRITE研究模块将扩展到更大的用户群，这将提高实施的灵活性，以便大学，小型学院和社区学院的教师可以在一个或两个学期内应用它们，无论是否有正式的实验室。 在线交付预计和模块将支持学生访问电子总理和可能的教科书捆绑。除了学生材料，将有在线支持材料，并为课程教师的帮助系统。该项目是创新的，因为它整合了必要的研究技能，使他们成为当前，可访问，动手和有趣的学生。E-Prime软件为学生提供了通过学生广泛使用的计算资源精确操纵变量所需的工具，并准确测量包括反应时间在内的行为。一个从事学生的学习方法，如BRITE计划帮助学生应用他们学到的概念，巩固学习成果，并帮助学生成为有能力的研究科学家。