Software Intervention for Advanced Syntax Development

高级语法开发的软件干预

• 批准号: 6626058
• 负责人: MARY SWEIG WILSON
• 金额: $ 33.38万
• 依托单位: LAUREATE LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-05 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6626058
• 关键词: artificial intelligence; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; educational resource design /development; elementary school; human subject; language development; language disorders; middle childhood (6-11); psycholinguistics; speech disorders; syntax

This proposal requests SBIR Phase II support to complete and field test language intervention software designed to promote syntactic development in school-age children (5-12 years old). Language delays are pervasive among school-age children. What's more, two thirds of children identified as having language-specific impairments previously nor have received any form of language intervention during their preschool years. Consequently, there is a clear need to develop language intervention strategies designed specifically to meet the needs of this population; that is, intervention designed to promote development of the more advanced syntactic constructions typically missing from the grammar of these children. In Phase I, a curriculum was developed for introducing the syntax of interrogative operators. Curriculum design was guided by contemporary linguistic research, which suggests ways in which treatment may be improved and more successful outcomes achieved. Software was developed to deliver parts of this curriculum, and was integrated with an artificial intelligence component capable of generating individualized lessons based on emerging competencies. Twenty-six kindergartners used the software successfully during field- testing. In Phase II these efforts will be expanded by developing an integrated series of language intervention modules and verifying that the modules are effective under typical classroom conditions. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Speech-language pathologists, teachers and parents recognize the importance of intervention when a child's language status is impaired, and such intervention is mandated by Federal Law. As such, we anticipate that our computer-based language intervention system, designed to facilitate language development in school-age children, will be a commercial success and will fulfill an unmet need for individual services.

该提案要求SBIR第二阶段支持完成和现场测试旨在促进学龄儿童（5-12岁）句法发展的语言干预软件。 语言发育迟缓在学龄儿童中普遍存在。更重要的是，三分之二的儿童被确定为有语言障碍，以前也没有接受过任何形式的语言干预，在他们的学龄前。因此，有一个明确的需要制定专门设计的语言干预策略，以满足这一人群的需求，即干预旨在促进发展的更先进的句法结构通常从这些孩子的语法缺失。在第一阶段，编写了一个介绍疑问运算符语法的课程。课程设计以当代语言学研究为指导，提出了改进治疗和取得更成功结果的方法。开发了软件来提供该课程的部分内容，并与能够根据新兴能力生成个性化课程的人工智能组件相结合。26名测试人员在现场测试期间成功使用了该软件。在第二阶段，将通过开发一系列综合语言干预单元并验证这些单元在典型课堂条件下的有效性来扩大这些努力。拟议的商业应用：语言病理学家、教师和家长都认识到在儿童语言状态受损时进行干预的重要性，这种干预是联邦法律规定的。因此，我们预计，我们的计算机为基础的语言干预系统，旨在促进学龄儿童的语言发展，将是一个商业上的成功，并将满足个人服务的未满足的需求。