FluidMath Supplemental Content for Algebra Learning

FluidMath 代数学习补充内容

• 批准号: 8714016
• 负责人: Donald P Carney
• 金额: $ 49.94万
• 依托单位: FLUIDITY SOFTWARE, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-03 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8714016
• 关键词: Achievement; Algebra; Businesses; Computer software; Computers; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Electronics; Evaluation Research; Feedback; Floor; Foundations; Grant; Graph; Hand; High School Faculty; Instructional Technology; Intervention; Learning; Link; Marketing; Mathematics; Performance; Phase; Pilot Projects; Problem Solving; Process; Program Evaluation; Published Comment; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Sales; Schools; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Solutions; Statistical Models; Students; Tablets; Techniques; Testing; Time; TimeLine; United States; Universities; Work; Writing; design; experience; fluidity; improved; innovation; junior high school; mathematical sciences; meetings; phase 1 study; prototype; public health relevance; research and development; response; teacher; time interval

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of the Phase II research and development work proposed herein is to commercialize a bank of core example problems for FluidMath, the use of which will increase student understanding of basic math principles and improve their scores on math tests. Fluidity Software, Inc., developed FluidMath as an educational software platform which enables teachers and students to create, solve, graph and animate math problems using an electronic stylus on the screen of a Tablet PC or an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) via their own hand-written math symbols and sketches. Fluidity recently released Version 1 of FluidMath for use as an intervention for basic algebra curricula. In Phase I of the study linked to this Phase II proposal, Fluidity built prototype core example problems for FluidMath that included teacher recommended functionality which optimized the didactic features of FluidMath. Classroom use of these example problems impacted student understanding of math principles and improved student performance as demonstrated by higher test scores. Phase I pilot studies involving 8 teachers and 229 students proved the feasibility of using FluidMath software as a platform upon which basic algebra specific functionality and content can be layered and used for teaching in the classroom. In Phase I, it was shown that when teachers solve example problems in class which optimize the didactic features of the FluidMath platform, student participation in math classes improved and their math scores, on average, increased by about 10% compared to when they were taught with other means. In Phase II, Fluidity, collaborating with the Program Evaluation and Research Group (PERG) at Lesley University, will work with about 36 teachers and about 1200 students and build on a successfully completed Phase I by developing a commercial-grade bank of algebra example problems solved with FluidMath. During Phase II, the research and development team will iteratively develop each example problem and evaluate its research and development work by deploying the example problems with new features and user interface (UI) techniques to receive real-time feedback on student impact from the teachers using these problems in their classes. The product proposed herein, A Bank of Core Example Problems for Teaching Basic Algebra using FluidMath, will provide content for FluidMath aimed at improving student performance. The bank will include about 75 core problems comprising solutions and explanations created by software developers, math education experts, expert teachers and practicing math teachers. The bank of problems will cover basic algebra curricula and will comprise commercial grade software suitable for sale to, and widespread use by, middle and high school teachers and students. At the end of Phase II, Fluidity will have a robust product suitable for widespread use that, because of its unique functionality, has the potential to revitalize the teaching of math in our nation's schools and improve students' math scores.

描述（由申请人提供）：本文提出的第二阶段研究和发展工作的总体目标是将核心示例问题商业化，以解决流动性的问题，使用这些问题将提高学生对基本数学原则的理解并提高他们对数学测试的分数。流动性软件公司（Inc.流动性最近发布了FluidMath版本1，用作基本代数课程的干预。在该研究的第一阶段与此II期提案有关，流动性构建了流体的原型核心示例问题，其中包括教师推荐的功能，从而优化了流体的教学特征。这些示例问题的课堂使用影响了学生对数学原则的理解，并改善了学生的表现，如较高的考试成绩所证明。第一阶段的试点研究涉及8位教师和229名学生，证明了使用流体量软件作为一个平台的可行性，可以将基本代数特定的功能和内容用于教室中的教学。在第一阶段中，显示出教师在课堂上解决示例问题以优化流体平台的教学特征时，学生参与数学课程得到了改善，而与其他方式相比，他们的数学分数平均增加了约10％。在第二阶段，与莱斯利大学的计划评估和研究小组（PERG）合作的流动性将与大约36名教师和大约1200名学生合作，并通过开发一个用流体解决的商业级代数示例问题来成功完成I期。在第二阶段，研发团队将通过部署新功能和用户界面（UI）技术的示例问题来迭代每个示例问题，并评估其研发工作，以在班级中使用这些问题从老师那里获得对学生影响的实时反馈。本文提出的产品是使用FluidMath教授基本代数的核心示例问题，它将为旨在改善学生表现的流体提供内容。该银行将包括大约75个核心问题，包括软件开发人员，数学教育专家，专家教师和执业数学老师创建的解释。问题库将涵盖基本的代数课程，并包括适合出售给中学和高中教师和学生的商业等级软件。在第二阶段结束时，流动性将具有适用于广泛使用的强大产品，由于其独特的功能，它有可能振兴我们国家学校中数学的教学并提高学生的数学成绩。