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

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，以一种吸引人的方式向初高中学生教授统计学。这款应用被设计为课堂资源，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整合到统计概念和技术的教学中，以达到共同的核心课程标准。该游戏设计有望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（ar）学习组件，专为满足学生的学业需求而定制，并适合每个学生的个人兴趣。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、无缝的应用程序，不需要互联网访问和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，团队将使用敏捷开发周期，以允许更快地开发成品，以及灵活地响应发生的更改和需求更新。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。

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.