REU Site: The Science of Language & The Language of Science

该项目得到了本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划的支持，该计划是一个NSF范围的计划，尽管每个理事会都管理着自己的REU站点竞赛。该计划支持本科生积极参与研究，努力向他们介绍科学研究，以鼓励他们继续参与国家的科学研究和开发事业。REU项目让学生以有意义的方式参与正在进行的研究项目或专门为此目的而设计的研究项目。REU计划是NSF培养多元化、具有国际竞争力和全球参与的科学和工程劳动力这一目标的主要贡献者。社会、行为和经济(SBE)科学局授予俄亥俄州立大学REU场地补助金，以促进本科生接触语言学和科学传播领域的各种主题的研究。该项目利用一个独特的实验室，对学生进行实质性研究技能和科学交流方面的培训。这些项目的结果将大大提高我们对语言如何在社会环境中使用；儿童如何在环境中使用语言；以及语言理解如何与其他认知方面(如注意力和记忆)相结合的理解。这个REU网站还有助于培养有效沟通的研究人员，特别是与公众和政策制定者沟通，这是保持良好科学的健康长期社会承诺的迫切需要。语言科学研究实验室是一家顶级科学博物馆内的一个玻璃封闭空间。在实验室进行的语言科学研究是严格的语言分析、社会互动和认知处理相结合的前沿工作。该实验室举办了一门关于非正式科学教育的创新本科课程，利用关于语言科学的互动教育活动。该计划包括语言学和心理学以及非正式科学教育的课堂培训。学生的实习时间包括传统的研究活动和在博物馆地板上与公众互动的亲身体验。在实验室里，俄亥俄州立大学的教职员工和学生进行语言实验，邀请博物馆参观者参与并了解这项研究。PI提供了一种综合体验，培训学生完成实验室的两项任务：如何进行语言科学研究，以及如何与公众就科学进行沟通。REU网站将人口从俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布校园的学生扩大到来自地区校园和社区学院的学生，否则他们可能无法参与其中。学生来自俄亥俄地区，目标学生主要来自俄亥俄州立大学的地区校区；与俄亥俄州立大学主校区不同，这些校区有开放的招生政策，吸引了多样化的学生群体；也有来自该地区当地的两年制社区学院，特别是哥伦布州立大学。

This project is supported under the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program, which is an NSF-wide program although each Directorate administers its own REU Site competition. This program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in an effort to introduce them to scientific research so as to encourage their continued engagement in the nation's scientific research and development enterprise. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose. The REU program is a major contributor to the NSF's goal of developing a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged science and engineering workforce. The Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) sciences Directorate awarded this REU Site grant to Ohio State University in order to facilitate undergraduate students' exposure to research on various topics in the science of linguistics as well as science communications. This project utilizes a unique laboratory where students are trained in substantive research skills and the accessible communication of science. The results from these projects will significantly advance our understanding about how language is used in a social context; how children learn to use language in context; and how language understanding is integrated with other aspects of cognition, such as attention and memory. This REU site also helps create researchers who communicate effectively, particularly to the public and to policy-makers, a critical need for maintaining a healthy long-term societal commitment to good science.The Language Sciences Research Lab is a glass-enclosed space within a premier science museum. The language sciences research conducted in the lab constitutes cutting-edge work at the intersection of rigorous linguistic analysis, social interaction, and cognitive processing. The lab hosts an innovative undergraduate course on informal science education, using interactive educational activities about the language sciences. The program includes classroom training in linguistics and psychology and in informal science education. Students' practicum time includes traditional research activities and hand-on experience on the museum floor interacting with the public. In the lab, Ohio State faculty and students conduct linguistic experiments, inviting museum visitors to participate in and learn about the research. The PIs provide an integrated experience that trains students in both missions of the lab: how to conduct language science research and how to communicate with the public about science. The REU site expands the population from the Ohio State Columbus campus students to students from regional campus and community colleges who might not otherwise be able to be involved. Students are recruited from the Ohio region and with a target population of students primarily from the regional campuses of Ohio State; unlike the main campus of OSU, these campuses have an open enrollment policy and attract a diverse student body; and also from local 2-year community colleges in the area, particularly Columbus State.