SBIR Phase II: Artificial Intelligence Software for Student Assessment in Chemistry Education

这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目建立了第一阶段的工作，为化学教育软件开发有意义的互动辅导和评估能力。 尽管教师和学生明确提出了改进的要求，但这一领域一再被确定为现有课程最薄弱的领域。 Quantum Simulations提出了一种新的和不同的方法，适应并融入了人工智能（AI）的新概念。 不仅仅是分配一个等级，将为学生创造有意义的机会，直接从评估本身学习。 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-例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 Simulations已与教育部的星星学校计划的成员合作，以进一步实现这些目标。Quantum Simulations的客户包括教科书出版商、软件提供商、硬件供应商和远程学习公司。 一家著名的教科书出版商Holt，Rinehart and Winston已经与Quantum Simulations签订了一份长期合同，并与该公司合作，将这一第二阶段技术商业化，从而迅速传播到既定的最终用户群。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project builds Phase I work on development of meaningful interactive tutoring and assessment capabilities for chemistry education software. Despite clearly articulated teacher and student demand for improvement, this area has been repeatedly identified as that where existing offerings are weakest. Quantum Simulations proposes a new and different approach, adapting and incorporating new concepts from artificial intelligence (AI). More than just assigning a grade, meaningful opportunities will be created for students to learn directly from the assessment itself. 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 Simulations has partnered with members of the Department of Education's STAR Schools program to further these goals.Quantum Simulations' customers include textbook publishers, software providers, hardware vendors and distance learning companies. A prominent textbook publisher, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, has entered into a long-term contract and has partnered with Quantum Simulations to commercialize this Phase II technology, resulting in rapid dissemination to an established end user base.