SBIR Phase II: Game-Based Learning for Organic Chemistry Using Mechanisms

SBIR 第二阶段：使用机制进行基于游戏的有机化学学习

• 批准号: 1659983
• 负责人: Julia Winter
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Alchemie Solutions, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659983&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Game; Based

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project answers the call that science students go beyond memorizing facts to understand content on a deeper, conceptual level. In chemistry, this goal is particularly difficult to achieve because the underlying concepts describe the behaviors of particles that are not directly observable to students. College instructors are also under added pressure to transform their teaching methods to help ensure student retention and success. In the subject area of organic chemistry, this transformation is even more important, due to the relatively high fail-rate in the course, especially for under-represented minorities and first generation students. The mobile learning tools and data collection platform in this project would help to solve both of these issues with an innovative method for intuitive learning and assessment which helps to make molecules and reactions come alive with game-based mobile applications. The game apps are playable by students of all ages, so the concepts of organic chemistry, as well as other science courses, become familiar and accessible as early as middle school. The broader vision is to open the pipeline for students to progress into STEM careers which have been difficult to reach in the past.This project makes the theoretical touchable for organic chemistry students by building mobile game-based learning tools based on mechanisms, a key underlying concept used to teaching the course. This project will produce the Mechanisms suite of game apps, and bring an intuitive, tactile interface to learning chemistry. The research and development of this phase of the project will expand the user interaction model from Phase I to multiple modules of content for students. The data from the mobile learning tools will be synthesized with machine learning techniques to create an adaptive method to ensure the applications provide the appropriate level of challenge to the student learner. Clinical and longitudinal efficacy studies will be part of the research effort as the game modules are developed and released. The data platform will be optimized to integrate with multiple learning management systems and to be readily expandable to subjects beyond organic chemistry. The dashboard of the platform will allow both instructors and students to access the data and inform learning processes to achieve greater comprehension and success in the course. Commercialization will be achieved through direct-to-student downloads, subscriptions of the data platform by institutions, and licensing the technology to courseware providers.

这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目回答了理科学生超越记忆事实，在更深的概念层面上理解内容的要求。在化学中，这一目标特别难以实现，因为基本概念描述的是学生无法直接观察到的粒子行为。大学教师也面临着更大的压力，要求他们改变教学方法，以帮助确保学生的保留和成功。在有机化学学科领域，这种转变更为重要，因为这门课程的不及格率相对较高，特别是对于代表性不足的少数民族和第一代学生。该项目中的移动的学习工具和数据收集平台将有助于通过直观学习和评估的创新方法解决这两个问题，这有助于通过基于游戏的移动的应用程序使分子和反应变得生动。所有年龄段的学生都可以玩游戏应用程序，因此有机化学的概念以及其他科学课程早在中学就变得熟悉和可访问。更广泛的愿景是为学生打开管道，进入STEM职业，这在过去是很难达到的。该项目通过构建基于机制的移动的游戏学习工具，使有机化学学生的理论可触摸，这是用于教授课程的关键基础概念。这个项目将产生游戏应用程序的机制套件，并带来一个直观的，触觉界面学习化学。该项目的这一阶段的研究和开发将把用户交互模型从第一阶段扩展到学生的多个内容模块。来自移动的学习工具的数据将与机器学习技术相结合，以创建一种自适应方法，确保应用程序为学生学习者提供适当的挑战。随着游戏模块的开发和发布，临床和纵向疗效研究将成为研究工作的一部分。该数据平台将进行优化，以整合多个学习管理系统，并可随时扩展到有机化学以外的科目。该平台的仪表板将允许教师和学生访问数据并告知学习过程，以在课程中实现更好的理解和成功。商业化将通过直接面向学生的下载、机构订阅数据平台以及将技术许可给课件提供商来实现。

项目成果

The Shrewd Guess: Can a Software System Assist Students in Hypothesis-Driven Learning for Organic Chemistry?

精明的猜测：软件系统可以帮助学生进行有机化学的假设驱动学习吗？

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00246
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Chemical Education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Winter, Julia E.;Engalan, Joseph;Wegwerth, Sarah E.;Manchester, Gianna J.;Wentzel, Michael T.;Evans, Michael J.;Kabrhel, James E.;Yee, Lawrence J.
• 通讯作者: Yee, Lawrence J.

Playing with Chemistry

玩化学

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Nature reviews. Chemistry
• 作者: Winter, Julia

From Abstract to Manipulatable: The Hybridization Explorer, A Digital Interactive for Studying Orbitals

从抽象到可操作：杂交探索者，用于研究轨道的数字交互

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of chemical education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Wegwerth, Sarah E.;Overby, Jason S.;Douglas, Christopher J.;Winter, Julia E.;Manchester, Gianna M.;Engalan, Joseph
• 通讯作者: Engalan, Joseph