SBIR Phase I: Conceptual Learning of Calculus through the 3D Serious Game Series: Variant

SBIR 第一阶段：通过 3D 严肃游戏系列进行微积分概念学习：Variant

• 批准号: 1747057
• 负责人: Amber Muenzenberger
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Triseum, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1747057&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Conceptual; Learning; Calculus

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to significantly reduce Calculus failure rates. Success in Calculus is a prediction of persistence in STEM degree programs; but many students do not successfully complete Calculus courses. This reduces graduation rates and restricts hiring into STEM careers. Ultimately, this barrier impacts the Presidents call for one million more STEM graduates. When playing Variant, a 3D educational game, students are drawn into an interactive world and gameplay. The game allows students to develop a conceptual understanding of Calculus without reliance on definitions, terminology, formulas, and calculations, via a heuristic, experiential learning environment. Variant assists learners in grasping core concepts in Calculus, which ultimately leads to higher persistence, retention, and graduation rates in STEM degrees. The proposed project is focused on developing the Variant games series for higher education and secondary (grades 9-12) Calculus. Unlike current games and homework platforms that rely on repetitive drills or address lower level mathematical concepts, Variant presents complex experiential explorations. Variant differentiates itself from other games in terms of educational rigor and its 3D environment, that allows students to be more engaged and immersed when learning Calculus content. A stealth assessment will be integrated within the game system to provide real-time feedback and inform development of the instructor portal. Without interrupting the game experience, the stealth assessment measures a players knowledge gain and validates gameplay as a measure of achievement of the student learning objectives.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是显着降低微积分失败率。 微积分的成功是STEM学位课程持续性的预测。但是许多学生没有成功完成演算课程。这降低了毕业率，并限制了招聘型茎职业。最终，这一障碍会影响总统要求另外一百万的STEM毕业生。在玩变体时，是一个3D教育游戏时，学生将被吸引到互动世界和游戏玩法中。 该游戏使学生可以通过启发式，体验学习环境对微积分进行对微积分的概念理解，而不必依赖定义，术语，公式和计算。变体有助于学习者掌握微积分中的核心概念，这最终导致词干程度更高的持久性，保留率和毕业率。拟议的项目重点是开发高等教育和中学（9 - 12年级）微积分的变体游戏系列。与当前的游戏和依靠重复训练或地址较低级数学概念的游戏平台不同，变体呈现复杂的体验探索。 Variant在教育严谨及其3D环境方面将自己与其他游戏区分开来，这使学生在学习演算内容时可以更加参与和沉浸。隐形评估将集成到游戏系统中，以提供实时反馈并告知讲师门户网站的开发。隐身评估在不中断游戏体验的情况下，可以衡量玩家知识获得并验证游戏玩法，以衡量学生学习目标的实现。