Shared Signing Science Planning Project

共享签名科学规划项目提案编号：drl-0754587摘要共享签名科学规划项目将开发一个基于网络的签名科学画册的原型。该原型将试点到聋哑儿童的家庭和照顾者那里，研究学习技术的可行性和有效性，并确定在非正式科学中心帮助聋童学习生命科学最有效的活动。该项目团队还将编制一本科学术语词典，打算将这些术语收录在完整版的《图片词典》中。最终的图片词典将是全面的；包括来自生命、物理、地球和空间科学的科学术语，并将以动画手语呈现，并附有书面解释和图片插图。该项目还将制作一个视频指南，介绍父母可以与孩子一起开展的活动。该规划项目将产生一个原型，其中包含100个生命科学术语，在孩子和父母将参观的三个非正式科学中心找到，以测试原型。这些非正式地点是亲身实践和探索性的，以海洋生物和一系列陆地动植物为特色，可以触摸和互动。为了准备现场访问，聋人或重听儿童的父母和照顾者将通过一部基于Flash的电影学习如何与孩子一起使用图片词典，这部电影介绍了互动功能，并帮助家长使用手语科学词汇与他们的孩子进行三项活动。与家长和孩子一起进行的词汇准备工作将为参观非正式科学教育场所奠定教育基础。家庭将在聋儿中测试最初的项目原型，并使用对照组进行比较。在使用图片词典之前，将使用预测来评估儿童的词汇。后续测试将测试新单词的知识，并将包括对博物馆、动物园和农场中的儿童的实地观察，在这些地方，新术语将在相应的展品中栩栩如生。正在进行的评估的结果将被汇编成指南，供聋人社区的其他类似材料的开发者使用，并将影响最终项目的发展。该项目将扩大未得到充分服务的受众对STEM学习的参与，并产生关于如何将新兴学习技术有效地整合到针对聋人学习者的展品和节目中的新知识。该项目团队包括TERC和Vcom3D以及来自北埃塞克斯社区学院加拉代特大学区域中心、圣十字学院和聋童学习中心的合作者。参与的非正式科学教育机构的代表是生态陶瓷馆、戴维斯的农田和斯通动物园。这些伙伴关系为拟议的项目提供了必要的专门知识和支助，以便通过使用辅助学习技术，在非正式环境中促进听力残疾儿童的STEM学习。

PI: Vesel, Judy Institution: TERC Inc Title: Shared Signing Science Planning Project Proposal No.: DRL - 0754587 AbstractThe Shared Signing Science Planning Project will develop a prototype of a web-based Signing Science Pictionary. The prototype will be piloted to families and caretakers of deaf and hard of hearing children to study the feasibility and effectiveness of the learning technology and identify the activities that are most effective in helping deaf children learn life science at informal science centers. The project team will also compile a dictionary of science terms with the intention of including the terms in a full version of the Pictionary. The final Pictionary will be comprehensive; including scientific terms from life, physical, Earth, and space science and will be presented in animated sign language accompanied by written explanations and pictorial illustrations. The project will also produce a video guide with a description of activities that parents can implement with their children. The planning project will result in a prototype with 100 life science terms of species found at the three informal science centers the children and parents will visit to test the prototype. These informal sites are hands-on and exploratory featuring marine organisms and a range of terrestrial flora and fauna to touch and interact with. To prepare for the site visits, parents and caretakers of deaf or hard of hearing children will be taught how to use the Pictionary with children through a Flash-based movie that introduces the interactive features and assists the parents in engaging with their children in three activities using the signing scientific vocabulary. The preparatory vocabulary work with the parents and children will lay the educational foundation for the visits to the informal science education sites. Families will test the initial project prototypes with deaf children using a control group for comparison. Pre-tests will be used to assess childrens' vocabulary before use of the Pictionary. Follow up tests will test knowledge of the new words and will include field observations of children in museums, zoos, and farms, where the new terms will come to life in corresponding exhibits. The results of the ongoing evaluation will be compiled into a guide for other developers of similar materials for the deaf community, and will impact the development of the final project. The project will broaden participation of an underserved audience in STEM learning and generate new knowledge about how to effectively integrate emerging learning technologies into exhibits and programs for deaf learners.The project team includes TERC and Vcom3D and collaborators from Gallaudet University Regional Center at Northern Essex Community College, the College of the Holy Cross, and the Learning Center for Deaf Children. Participating informal science education institutions are represented by the EcoTarium, Davis' Farmland, and the Stone Zoo. These partnerships provide the necessary expertise and support for the proposed project to have significant impact on advancing STEM learning in informal settings for children with hearing disabilities through the use of assistive learning technologies.