SBIR Phase I: The Smart Study Recommendations Engine

这个SBIR第一阶段项目的重点是继续开发一个软件平台，供学生用来进行点对点作业和学习帮助。传统上，放学后的帮助是由家庭教师和家庭作业热线提供的，但事实证明，这些途径不足以在学生走出教室后缩小学习差距。这项拟议的技术有望进一步使家庭作业和学习帮助民主化。由于是点对点的，这项拟议的技术可以从根本上降低个性化作业的成本，并根据学生的时间和节奏为他们提供学习帮助--特别是那些来自经济或社会更具挑战性背景的学生。该项目还将探索使用创新的商业模式来优化商业可行性，影响到广泛的学生，无论他们的背景如何。预计在完全开发后，这项技术将成为一种可扩展的低成本选择，有助于在全国和全球范围内改善学生的学习结果。该项目的关键智力优势是开发智能学习推荐引擎。这包括从学生上传的课堂笔记中收集数据，对其进行分析以获得预测性见解，并根据学生的学习风格、学习能力和学习差距，自动将笔记或广泛的同行评议学习材料直接提供给学生用户，而不需要他们执行搜索。它还将使他们能够将他们与能够提供额外支持的同行联系起来。因此，这个项目寻求提供基于学生档案的个性化学习播放列表，并将它们与同行导师配对，后者可以根据需要提供更深层次的澄清。需要展示的关键结果是，每5名学生中就有1人在同行的帮助下，对自动交付的数学笔记产生了积极的影响。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This SBIR Phase I project is focused on continued development of a software platform that is used by students for peer to peer homework and studying help. After school help has historically been delivered by tutors and homework hotlines but those avenues have been proven to be inadequate in closing learning gaps for students after they exit the classroom. The proposed technology is expected to further democratize homework and studying help. Being peer to peer, the proposed technology can radically shrink the cost of personalized homework and studying help for students at their own time and pace - especially the ones from economically or socially more challenged backgrounds. The project will also explore use of an innovative business model to optimize commercial viability with impacting a broad range of students irrespective of their backgrounds. It is expected that when fully developed, the technology would emerge as a scalable low-cost option to help improve student learning outcomes both nationally and globally.The key intellectual merit of this project is in the development of a Smart Study Recommendations Engine. This involves harvesting the data from the class notes uploaded by students, analyze it to surface predictive insights and automatically deliver the notes or wide-ranging peer-reviewed study materials directly to the student users based on their learning styles, learning abilities, and learning gaps, without requiring them to perform a search. It will also provide them with an ability to connect them with peers who can provide additional support. Thus, this project seeks to provide personalized study playlists based on a student profile and pair them with a peer mentor who can provide deeper clarifications as required. The key outcome to be demonstrated is that 1 in 5 students engages favorably with the auto delivered math notes, helped by a peer who can provide clarity and tutoring as needed.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.