Objective measurement of naturalistic interaction and early social networks

自然交互和早期社交网络的客观测量

• 批准号: 2150830
• 负责人: Daniel Messinger
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: University of Miami
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Objective; measurement; naturalistic; interaction; early

This project is about the role of language and social interaction with peers and teachers in shaping the development of preschoolers with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The researchers will use an innovative set of sensor systems to measure children's and teachers' locations and speech in real-time on the playground and preschool classroom to investigate how social interaction and development differ for children with and without ASD. This project will indicate the relative impact of children’s conversations with peers and teachers on their language development. A better understanding of these interactions may lead to clear and simple strategies which educators can use to support classroom interactions and children’s social and language development.Children’s social and language development is shaped by real-time interactions with peers and adults that are structured by their physical and social contexts. Understanding of the granular interactive processes through which language and social development occur is currently limited. Likewise, it is not clear how variation in children’s social interaction and language abilities-—such as the deficits associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)--affect these interactions. The current research asks how preschoolers with and without ASD interact and share language with their peers and teachers in the classroom and playground and how social contact, speech, and language abilities change over development. The researchers will use real-time data from objective measurements of movement and speech to predict children’s social and language development. The researchers will use emerging technologies to study children’s real-time interactions with peers and teachers to illustrate the development of social networks and their role in shaping children’s language abilities.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.

这个项目是关于语言和与同伴和老师的社会互动在塑造患有和不患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的学龄前儿童的发展中的作用。研究人员将使用一套创新的传感器系统来实时测量儿童和教师在操场和学前班教室的位置和语音，以调查患有和没有自闭症的儿童的社会互动和发展有何不同。这个项目将表明儿童与同伴和老师的对话对他们的语言发展的相对影响。更好地理解这些互动可能会导致教育者可以使用的明确和简单的策略来支持课堂互动和儿童的社会和语言发展。儿童的社交和语言发展是由他们与同龄人和成年人的实时互动形成的，这种互动是由他们的身体和社会环境构成的。对语言和社会发展所经历的细微互动过程的理解目前是有限的。同样，儿童社会互动和语言能力的差异——比如与自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）相关的缺陷——是如何影响这些互动的，目前还不清楚。目前的研究是关于有和没有自闭症障碍的学龄前儿童如何在教室和操场上与他们的同伴和老师互动和分享语言，以及社会接触、语言和语言能力如何随着发展而变化。研究人员将使用来自运动和语言的客观测量的实时数据来预测儿童的社交和语言发展。研究人员将使用新兴技术来研究儿童与同伴和老师的实时互动，以说明社交网络的发展及其在塑造儿童语言能力方面的作用。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Automated measures of vocal interactions and engagement in inclusive preschool classrooms

包容性学前班课堂中声音互动和参与的自动化测量

• DOI: 10.1002/aur.2980
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Autism Research
• 影响因子: 4.7
• 作者: Fasano, Regina M.;Mitsven, Samantha G.;Custode, Stephanie A.;Sarker, Debasish;Bulotsky‐Shearer, Rebecca J.;Messinger, Daniel S.;Perry, Lynn K.
• 通讯作者: Perry, Lynn K.