SBIR Phase I: Hands-on Learning Platform for Middle School Mathematics

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响是动手和基于计算机的学习的整合，教数学的关系，物理结构。学习体验专为台式机和平板电脑以及增强现实耳机而设计。这个项目是建立在这样一个想法，即创造力可以打开大门，了解一个人的想象力和技能之间的关系，在课堂上教授。掌握中学数学的抽象概念至关重要。该系统将创造性的想法映射到抽象的数学概念，支持将数学概念知识转移到现实世界的能力，并适应整个K-16教育空间。这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将支持研究和开发一个学习平台，包括物联网硬件设备，建筑知识引擎和学习模块应用程序。该项目通过合并物理，虚拟和计算世界来使用陈述性和程序性学习，以创造性地解决问题，并使用建筑，感觉和综合学习框架来发展空间思维和精细运动灵巧技能。该系统由可连接的块组成，这些块呈现要分析的数学和结构特征的虚拟模型。该项目将通过开发试点中学数学课程、创建用于制造的技术设计和验证大规模部署的任务来设计原型。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is the integration of hands-on and computer-based learning to teach the relationship of mathematics to physical constructions. The learning experience is designed for desktop and tablet computers as well as augmented reality headsets. This project is founded on the idea that creativity can open the door to understanding the relationship between one’s imagination and skills that are taught in the classroom. Mastering the abstract concepts of middle-school math is critical. The proposed system maps creative ideas to abstract mathematical concepts, supporting the ability to transfer knowledge of mathematical concepts to real-world situation, and adaptable to the entire K-16 education space. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 project will support the research and development of a learning platform consisting of Internet-of-Things hardware devices, a construction knowledge engine and learning module applications. The project uses both declarative and procedural learning by merging the physical, virtual, and computational worlds for creative problem-solving, and spatial thinking and fine motor dexterity skills development using a building, sense-making, and synthesis learning framework. This system consists of connectable blocks that render a virtual model to be analyzed for mathematical and structural features. The project will design a prototype through the tasks of development of the pilot middle school mathematics curriculum, creation of technical designs for manufacturing, and validation for deployment at scale.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.