An interactive, digital platform to transform biological learning

改变生物学习的交互式数字平台

• 批准号: 10083748
• 负责人: Kelly Puzio
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: SQUID BOOKS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10083748
• 关键词: Address; Adoption; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biology; Books; Brain; Collaborations; Complex; Computer software; Diagnosis; Education Projects; English Learner; Feedback; Foundations; Future Teacher; Gametogenesis; Health Professional; Healthcare; Home; Individual; Internet; K-12 Education; Knowledge; Language; Learning; Learning Disabilities; Middle School Student; Modeling; Nature; Phase; Play; Process; Randomized; Reader; Reading; Research Personnel; Resources; Role; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Spinal Cord; Students; Technology; Testing; Text; Textbooks; Time; Translating; Translations; Vocabulary; base; concept mapping; design; digital; education resources; efficacy evaluation; egg; eighth grade; experience; field study; flexibility; hands-on learning; improved; learning community; learning engagement; learning outcome; machine learning algorithm; next generation; personalized learning; reading ability; resource guides; response; science teacher; scientific literacy; skills; sperm cell; statistics; teacher; theories; tool; usability

Abstract: The next generation of health care professionals will need to understand the foundational principles of biology. Science textbooks play a critical role in supporting biological understanding in school, yet these books are not designed to meet the diverse learning needs of students in today’s classrooms. By their nature, science textbooks assume a one-size-fits-all approach to learning. Because of this problem, teachers spend substantial time outside of the classroom locating and adapting texts to support students who are learning English, students who read below grade level, and students with learning disabilities. The proposed Fast-Track project seeks to address the limitations of current Life Science textbooks and to revolutionize reading with adaptable texts. Transforming the learning process, SquidBooks makes texts flexible by offering digital texts at different difficulty levels with embedded language support to create a personalized reading experience, optimizing both learning and engagement. In particular, the project will support ELL students and students unable to read at their grade level. Because science textbooks are often written 3 to 5 years above the intended grade level, it is almost impossible for students with emerging and intermediate English reading skills to comprehend and learn from traditional science books. The Phase I project includes 3 aims: translating NGSS-aligned inheritance (NGSS LS3A) content into Spanish (Aim 1); designing, developing, and testing the application to function through a web browser (Aim 2); and conducting user testing with students and teachers (Aim 3). The Phase II project will have 3 aims, including creating content to address 12 additional NGSS standards in English and Spanish (Aim 4); designing, developing, and testing improved software features (Aim 5); developing educator resources and conducting user testing with students and teachers (Aim 6). Successful completion of the proposed project will create knowledge about disciplinary textual processing and adaptive reading technologies and will support students who have historically been marginalized from STEM fields, especially students with low reading achievement and ELL students. In turn, this project will enhance and diversify the STEM and health care fields.

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