Student Engineering Problems and Solutions Database for Use in Computer-Aided Learning (CAL) Systems

9360432 Harrison这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目寻求做必要的研究，以实现计算机辅助学习（CAL）工具，以补充课堂对变量操纵与结果关系的关注，从而使工程问题和解决方案“活起来”。具体来说，利用超文本和多媒体技术的可用性所提供的机会，GRADE公司建议研究和开发(1)一套应用力学问题及其解决方案和相关属性的数据库；(2)利用数据库“特殊属性”的用户界面设计；(3)以客户端或服务器方式使用数据库的规范。该研究将考察使用具有特殊属性和分类的问题和解决方案数据库的可行性，以制作一个高度可重复使用的计算机辅助学习（CAL）模块，该模块高效且对学生有吸引力。这项研究代表了一种尝试，通过将大量的工程问题和解决方案资源吸收到一个易于访问的知识库中，来刺激非传统学生进入工程领域；同时，它调用了一个适用于任何学生和其他以解决问题为目标的学科领域的概念。＊＊＊

9360432 Harrison This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to do the research necessary to bring into existence a computer-assisted learning (CAL) tool to supplement classroom focus on the relationship of variable manipulation to outcome, thus making engineering problems and solutions "come alive." Specifically, utilizing the opportunity presented by the availability of hypertext and multimedia technologies, GRADE Corporation proposes to research and develop (1) a set of databases of Applied Mechanics problems, their solutions, and related attributes; (2) a design for a user interface which will exploit the "special attributes" of the databases; and (3) specifications for using the databases in a client or server mode. The research will examine the feasibility of using a database of problems and solutions with special attributes and classications to make a highly reusable computer-assisted learning (CAL) module that is efficient and appealing to students. The research represents an attempt to stimulate the entry of nontraditional students into engineering by assimilating vast engineering problems and solutions resources into one readily accessible knowledge base; at the same time, it invokes a concept applicable to any student and to other subject areas with problem solving objectives. ***