I-Corps: Math Snacks Marketplace

该项目团队正致力于开发一种学习产品，通过游戏和动画帮助学生建立对数学的概念性理解，让他们参与讨论、解决问题和理解上下文中的词汇，而不仅仅是简单的流畅运算。这些产品及其开发模式与现有的数字学习产品不同，为教师和学生提供了使用共同核心数学实践在更深层次上探索数学的机会。此外，这些产品正在以英语和西班牙语两种语言开发，旨在替代目前典型的训练、练习游戏和“如何”讲座。所提议的活动最直接的影响将是通过与营利和非营利组织的合作伙伴关系，扩大学习产品对更多受众的访问和可用性。通过与出版商、学区和在线分销商的关系，更多的学生和教师将能够使用产品材料，这是通过更广泛的实施、全国曝光和在线门户网站共享分发的结果。在扩大到更大的受众群体的过程中，这项工作有可能为全国所有学习者采取行之有效的策略，鼓励更多代表性不足的学生进入STEM职业，或确定其他方法来支持这一重要的学习者群体。

This project team is working to develop a learning product that uses games and animations to help students build a conceptual understanding of mathematics by engaging them in discussion, problem solving, and understanding vocabulary in context, moving beyond simple fluency in operations. The products, as well as the development model that created them, differ from existing digital learning products by offering teachers and students the opportunity to explore mathematics at a deeper level using the Common Core Math Practices. Additionally, these products are being developed in both English and Spanish and are designed to be an alternative to the typical current models of drills, practice games and "how-to" lectures.The most immediate impact of the proposed activity would be to expand access and availability of the learning products to a larger audience through partnerships with both for profit and nonprofit groups. Through relationships with publishers, school districts, and online distributors, more students and teachers would be able to use product materials as a result of broader implementation, national exposure, and shared distribution through online portals. In expanding to a larger audience, this work has the potential to take proven strategies for all learners nationwide, encouraging even more underrepresented students to enter STEM careers or identify additional ways to support this critical group of learners.