AI Software for Science Education Related to Drug Abuse

用于与药物滥用相关的科学教育的人工智能软件

• 批准号: 6831228
• 负责人: BENNY G JOHNSON
• 金额: $ 6.18万
• 依托单位: QUANTUM SIMULATIONS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2005-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6831228
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); artificial intelligence; clinical research; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; drug abuse education; educational resource design /development; human subject; science education

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase I SBIR proposal is aimed at advancing the state of the art in chemistry education software in a critically important respect demanded by students, teachers, administrators and Quantum Simulations, Inc. customers. The focus of this innovation is the development of meaningful interactive tutoring and assessment capabilities for chemistry problem solving. Empowerment of students to make the proper decisions about drugs through experiencing the scientific process requires a solid education in basic chemistry. Chemical formulas comprise much of the fundamental "language" of chemistry in which students must be fluent in order to succeed. The topic of writing and understanding chemical formulas, a cornerstone of all general chemistry classes, is a reasonable starting point for the development of an AI assessment system for student learning in chemistry. A solid understanding of chemical formulas is a prerequisite to success in chemistry required not only for literacy to make informed decisions about drugs from a scientific standpoint, but also to enable and prepare students to pursue careers in research related to drug abuse. Quantum has already successfully developed and commercialized an ITS for writing chemical formulas which will be used as the starting point for the present work. The proposed technology will benefit all students; however, it is specifically targeted to help those who have the greatest need, such as students of average or marginal performance and students from historically underserved groups, by lowering barriers to accessing high-quality science instructional software. Quantum customers include textbook publishers, software providers, hardware vendors and distance learning companies. A prominent textbook publisher, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, has entered into two long-term contracts with Quantum, resulting in rapid dissemination to an established end user base. Quantum intends to employ an identical business model to commercialize the results of this project.

描述（由申请人提供）：此第一阶段SBIR提案旨在推进化学教育软件在学生，教师，管理员和Quantum Simulations，Inc.要求的一个至关重要的方面的最新发展。客户这项创新的重点是有意义的互动辅导和评估能力的化学问题解决的发展。授权学生通过体验科学过程对药物做出正确的决定需要基础化学的扎实教育。化学公式包括化学的基本“语言”，学生必须流利才能取得成功。写作和理解化学公式的主题是所有普通化学课程的基石，是为学生学习化学开发人工智能评估系统的合理起点。对化学公式的扎实理解是化学成功的先决条件，这不仅是从科学的角度对药物作出知情决定所需的识字能力，而且也是使学生能够从事与药物滥用有关的研究工作并为之做好准备。量子已经成功地开发和商业化了一个ITS，用于编写化学公式，这将被用作本工作的起点。拟议的技术将使所有学生受益;然而，它是专门针对帮助那些有最大需求的人，如平均或边缘表现的学生和历史上服务不足的群体的学生，通过降低获得高质量科学教学软件的障碍。 Quantum的客户包括教科书出版商、软件提供商、硬件供应商和远程教育公司。著名的教科书出版商霍尔特、莱因哈特和温斯顿与量子公司签订了两份长期合同，从而迅速传播到既定的最终用户群。Quantum打算采用相同的商业模式将该项目的成果商业化。