SBIR Phase II: Collaboration, Creativity and Computational Thinking - A Cooperative Music Tinkering Game

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛影响是使人们能够学习计算思维，计算思维被广泛视为21世纪的新素养，已成为教育研究、政策和实践中的一项重要举措，代表了一套适用于任何领域的特定问题解决技能，以创建解决方案。教授这种解决问题的方法是困难的；现实世界中的问题很复杂，定义不明确，需要应用不同的策略来解决。建议的解决方案为学习者提供了一个练习与算法概念进行富有成效的斗争的空间，并在发展沟通技能的同时尝试新的解决方案。此外，这种学习环境将支持学生练习对他们的未来至关重要的其他技能，包括协作、团队合作、利用彼此的专业知识找到解决方案以及交流想法。该平台将扩大规模，以适应在跨学科解决问题方面的深度学习经验，并将通过在物理/数字集成和协作解决问题方面的进步来革命性地基于游戏的学习。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将研究、设计和开发一个灵活的物理/数字学习平台，面向3-5年级的学生，专注于学习协作解决问题、计算思维、修补和调试实践。主要技术目标包括开发机器学习驱动的适应性游戏环境，改进硬件系统设计，以及开发必要的教师仪表板工具，以实现实时教学支持和评估。适应性学习环境将使学习者能够参与协作解决问题，同时参与促进生产性斗争、批判性思维和反思的计算思维实践。该项目将推动教育技术领域的创新，为课堂考虑和使用设计协作的互联游戏(数字/物理)解决方案；设计在个人和小组层面支持学习者的适应性；重新想象教师工具以提供实时支持、洞察力和同时管理多个小组的能力；并开发有形界面的最佳方法来促进学习。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 II project is to enable the learning of Computational Thinking, which is widely viewed as the new literacy of the 21st Century and has become an important initiative in educational research, policy, and practice and represents a specific set of problem-solving skills applicable in any domain to create solutions. Teaching this kind of problem solving is difficult; problems in the real world are complex and ill-defined and require the ability to apply different strategies to be solved. The proposed solution provides learners a space to practice productive struggle with the concepts of algorithms and trying new solutions in concert with development of communication skills. Moreover, this learning environment will support students as they practice additional skills critical to their future, including collaboration, teamwork, leveraging one another’s expertise to find a solution, and communicating ideas. This platform will scale to accommodate deep learning experiences in interdisciplinary problem-solving, and will revolutionize game-based learning through advances in physical/digital integration and collaborative problem solving. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will research, design and develop a flexible physical/digital learning platform targeting students in grades 3-5, focusing on learning collaborative problem solving, computational thinking, tinkering and debugging practices. Key technology objectives include development of a machine learning-powered adaptive game environment, refinement of the hardware system design and development of the teacher dashboard tools necessary to enable real-time teaching support and assessment. The adaptive learning environment will enable learners to participate in collaborative problem-solving while engaging in Computational Thinking practices that promote productive struggle, critical thinking and reflection. This project will advance the field of education technology by pushing innovation in designing collaborative connected play (digital/physical) solutions for classroom considerations and use; designing adaptivity that supports learners at the individual and group level; reimagining teacher tools for real-time support, insights and ability to manage multiple groups simultaneously; and developing best approaches in tangible interfaces to promote learning.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.