Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments in Science and Mathematics Education

跨学科（99）适应性教学和学习环境（ATLes）是一个项目，是提供本科科学，数学，工程和技术的学生与基于问题的，真实的学习活动，旨在帮助他们发展解决问题的技能和掌握内容。ATLes项目建立在建构主义学习理论和对等教师发展的基础上，同时使用技术来弥合学习目标和促进问题解决。自适应教学和学习环境是科学和数学教育中的协作通信工具和内容教程的集合，嵌入到基于关键概念，事实和数据的渐进披露的生成自适应教程中。无论课程或主题如何，ATLes都要求学生撰写假设，勾勒问题分析，并使用近期毕业生在工作场所使用的相同技术工具编写摘要或报告。此外，正在跟踪学生通过ATLes课程的学习途径，使教师能够确定成功的学习途径，同样重要的是，那些不成功的领域，学生在那里与材料作斗争。最后，该项目采用了独特的研究设计，评估ATLes对学生批判性思维和学科特定知识的掌握的影响。ATLes的开发分为三大主题：1）自适应软件“引擎”设计，2）ATLes课程模块设计，3）全面评估ATLes对学生批判性思维和掌握学科特定知识的影响。

Interdisciplinary (99)Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments (ATLes) is a project that is providing undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technical students with problem-based, authentic learning activities designed to help them develop problem-solving skills and master content. The ATLes project is founded on constructivist learning theory and peer-to-peer faculty development while using technology to bridge learning goals and promote problem solving. Adaptive Teaching and Learning Environments is a collection of collaborative communication tools and content tutorials in science and mathematics education embedded into generative adaptive tutorials based on progressive disclosure of key concepts, facts, and data. Regardless of the course or topic, ATLes requires students to write hypotheses, sketch problem analyses, and prepare summaries or reports using the same technology-based tools recent graduates are using in the workplace. Additionally, the learning path a student takes through an ATLes course is being tracked, allowing instructors to identify successful learning pathways, and of equal importance, those areas that are not successful, where students struggle with material. Finally, this project incorporates a unique research design that assesses the effect ATLes has on student critical thinking and command of discipline specific knowledge. ATLes development is broken into three major themes: 1) adaptive software "engine" design, 2) ATLes lesson module design, and 3) comprehensive assessment of the effects of ATLes on student critical thinking and mastery of discipline- specific knowledge.