I-Corps: Acoustical and Electronic Musical Instruments and Educational Materials

I-Corps：原声和电子乐器和教材

• 批准号: 1745588
• 负责人: Jay Brockman
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Notre Dame
• 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: 2017-07-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745588&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Acoustical; Electronic; Musical; Instruments

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to explore the commercial potential of an educational innovation that can transform aspects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and arts education in both formal and informal settings through the construction, analysis, and performance upon a set of custom musical instruments. By coupling rigorous STEM learning with musical concepts, the technology can engage a diverse group of students in STEM who may otherwise not express an interest. The technology may be commercialized in a variety of ways, ranging from kits for the home market to complete curricula for school programs. Commercialization of the technology has significant potential to improve educational outcomes in these important STEM areas.This I-Corps project builds upon a technology base of custom acoustical and electronic musical instruments that was initially developed for an educational program that has been attended by over 2,000 people in 10 states at schools, museums, and performing arts centers. The intellectual merit of the work derives from the close coupling between musical content and state K-12 standards in mathematics, science, and engineering. A pilot 6-week after school program for third grade students used the technology to draw connections between music and fractions, geometry, the physics of sound, engineering materials, and engineering design, which are all topics in the educational standards for that grade level. Prototype instruments for higher grade levels illustrate concepts in algebra, pre-calculus, electronics, and computer programming.

该 I-Corps 项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是探索教育创新的商业潜力，通过构建、分析和演奏一套定制乐器，可以改变正式和非正式环境中的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 以及艺术教育的各个方面。 通过将严格的 STEM 学习与音乐概念相结合，该技术可以吸引不同群体的 STEM 学生，否则他们可能不会表现出兴趣。 该技术可以通过多种方式商业化，从家庭市场的套件到学校项目的完整课程。 该技术的商业化对于改善这些重要的 STEM 领域的教育成果具有巨大的潜力。这个 I-Corps 项目建立在定制声学和电子乐器的技术基础之上，该乐器最初是为一个教育项目开发的，该项目已吸引了来自 10 个州的学校、博物馆和表演艺术中心的 2,000 多人参加。 该作品的智力价值源于音乐内容与国家 K-12 数学、科学和工程标准之间的紧密结合。 针对三年级学生的为期 6 周的放学后试点项目使用该技术来建立音乐与分数、几何、声音物理学、工程材料和工程设计之间的联系，这些都是该年级教育标准中的主题。 高年级的原型仪器阐释了代数、初级微积分、电子学和计算机编程中的概念。