SBIR Phase II: Making Math Intuitive, Creative, and Social in Tile Farm Classroom

SBIR 第二阶段：在 Tile Farm 课堂上让数学变得直观、富有创意和社交

• 批准号: 2322118
• 负责人: Louis Romero
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: TILE FARM LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-11-15 至 2025-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322118&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Making; Math

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project creates a math education app aimed at transforming the way young children relate to math. Poor math achievement and negative attitudes towards math are pervasive in the United States and have been problems for decades. The app's design is based on a wealth of educational theories known to have a positive influence on students' mathematical and scientific achievement. The app teaches math in a way that makes math learning more intuitive and engaging, while simultaneously teaching young children to become persevering and confident problem solvers. Furthermore, the app links math to diverse subjects such as art, social studies, computer science, and engineering. Ultimately, the app aims to inspire a new generation of problem solvers contributing as creative professionals in every field from science to art.This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will create a novel mathematics pedagogy that places a unique emphasis on the visualization of math, student creativity, and the development of students' problem-solving skills, while using artificial intelligence to optimize student learning and motivation. Furthermore, the technology will allow for young children to design, build, and share their own math learning games and puzzles, and provide a powerful social learning experience. The app’s design is based on a wealth of theoretical evidence that has shown how early development of children's spatial, numeracy, and critical thinking skills can have a profoundly positive influence on students' mathematical and scientific achievement later in life. The novelty of this approach opens doors to a wide variety of research opportunities in education research and neuroscience.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.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II阶段项目创建了一个数学教育应用，旨在改变与数学相关的幼儿。在美国，数学成就不佳和数学上的负面竞选是普遍存在的，数十年来一直是问题。该应用程序的设计基于许多已知对学生的数学和科学成就产生积极影响的教育理论。该应用程序以一种使数学学习更加直观和引人入胜的方式教授数学，同时教导幼儿成为持久和自信的问题解决者。此外，该应用程序将数学与艺术，社会研究，计算机科学和工程等潜水员相关。最终，该应用程序旨在激发新一代的问题解决者，从科学到艺术领域的各个领域的创意专业人员做出了贡献。本小型企业创新研究阶段II阶段项目将创建一种新颖的数学教学法，将数学，学生创造力的可视化以及学生解决问题的能力发展，同时使用人类的学生学习和优化人工学习。此外，该技术将使幼儿设计，建立和分享自己的数学学习游戏和难题，并提供强大的社交学习体验。该应用程序的设计基于大量的理论证据，这些证据表明，儿童空间，算术和批判性思维能力的早期发展如何对学生以后的数学和科学成就产生深远的积极影响。这种方法的新颖性为教育研究和神经科学方面的各种研究机会打开了大门。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准通过评估来支持的。