SBIR Phase I (COVID-19): Developing a comprehensive and customizable science courseware grounded in evidence-based teaching and learning practices

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响是促进STEM课程的实践状态。某些被称为循证教学(EBT)的技术可以提高所有STEM学习者的成绩，缩小成绩差距，但80%的STEM课堂仍然主要以讲授为基础。该项目将开发一个数字课程设计工具，使教师能够快速创建和实施令人兴奋的STEM课程。它将创建和扩展一个即插即用的高质量评估题库和教学资源库，以教师认为授权、易于使用和有价值的方式进行。这在一段时间的远程学习中将是有价值的，比如新冠肺炎情况的社会距离造成的远程学习。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将支持开发和测试一个系统，以大规模分发EBT课程结构和内容。积极学习和高层次课程会产生更好的结果，因此，该项目的重点是传播EBT课程和课程结构。研究的目标是自动化课程设计，探索用户对系统规模的要求，并对学生的表现产生实时反馈。该奖项反映了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。

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to advance the state of practice of STEM courses. Certain techniques, known as evidence-based teaching (EBT), can improve performance for all STEM learners and narrow the achievement gaps, but 80% of STEM classrooms are still primarily lecture-based. This project will develop a digital course design tool enabling an instructor to quickly create and implement an exciting STEM course course. It will create and scale a plug-and-play library of high-quality assessment items and instructional resources in a way that instructors find empowering, easy to use, and valuable. This will be valuable during a period of remote learning, such as that created by the social distancing of the COVID-19 situation. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will support the development and testing of a system to distribute EBT course structure and content at scale. Active learning and high-structure courses produce better outcomes, and therefore this project focuses on dissemination of EBT curricula and course structures. The research objectives are to automate course design, and explore user requirements for the system to scale, and produce real-time feedback on student performance.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.