SBIR Phase I: A Technology-Enhanced Statistics Learning Software App

SBIR 第一阶段：技术增强的统计学习软件应用程序

• 批准号: 2324068
• 负责人: Zaneta Chapman
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: ZANET ANALYTICS CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2324068&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Technology; Enhanced; Statistics

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is in the development of an immersive, game-based, learning app to help teach statistics in an engaging way to middle and high school students. Designed as a classroom resource, the app is aimed at providing a mechanism to promote statistical thinking. The app will integrate research activities into the teaching of statistical concepts and techniques to common core curriculum standards. The game design is expected to increase interest in statistics and also increasing the number of students going into STEM related fields. This game-based app features artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality learning components tailored to meet students where they are academically and customize fit to each student’s individual interests. This app will be used as a classroom resource. Phase I research and development addresses technical feasibility hurdles such as the development of augmented reality and artificial intelligence features. Other challenges include the development of a user-friendly, seamless application that does not require internet access and a feasible system architecture to integrate the computational engine with the game user interface and ensure reasonable response times. To overcome the inherent technical hurdles, the team will use an agile development cycle that allows for faster development of the finished product, as well as flexibility to respond to changes and requirement updates as they occur.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.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响是开发一个沉浸式的，基于游戏的学习应用程序，以帮助以吸引人的方式向初中和高中学生教授统计学。 该应用程序被设计为课堂资源，旨在提供一种促进统计思维的机制。该应用程序将把研究活动纳入共同核心课程标准的统计概念和技术教学。游戏设计预计将增加对统计学的兴趣，并增加进入STEM相关领域的学生人数。 这款基于游戏的应用程序具有人工智能（AI）和增强现实学习组件，可满足学生的学术需求，并根据每个学生的个人兴趣进行定制。这个应用程序将被用作课堂资源。第一阶段的研究和开发解决了技术可行性障碍，如增强现实和人工智能功能的开发。其他挑战包括开发一个用户友好的无缝应用程序，不需要互联网接入，以及一个可行的系统架构，将计算引擎与游戏用户界面集成，并确保合理的响应时间。为了克服固有的技术障碍，该团队将使用敏捷的开发周期，以便更快地开发成品，并灵活地响应发生的更改和需求更新。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。