REU Site: The science of language and the language of science

该项目由SBE理事会的本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划资助。它兼具科学和社会效益，集研究和教育于一体。这个REU网站培训学生在研究方法和非正式科学学习方面的动手技能。学生将从事语言科学研究项目，调查语言是如何在社会环境中使用的，儿童如何学习在环境中使用语言，以及语言理解如何与认知的其他方面相结合，如注意力和记忆。他们还将学习如何以一种引人入胜和易于理解的方式向公众解释复杂的科学概念。培训未来的研究人员进行有效的交流是保持对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座顶级科学博物馆内的一个玻璃封闭空间，俄亥俄州立大学的教职员工和学生在这里进行严格的语言分析、社交和认知处理的交叉路口的尖端工作。博物馆参观者可以亲眼目睹和了解正在进行的研究，并被邀请作为研究参与者参与这一过程。REU网站为学生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交流。学生们体验语言学和心理学的课堂培训，以及非正式科学教育、研究活动和博物馆地板上的动手工作，利用关键语言科学概念的互动演示让公众参与进来。REU网站将实验室的本科生参与度从俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布校区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。在项目结束时，每个学生准备并展示一张研究海报和一份新颖的互动演示。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and integrates research and education. This REU site trains students in hands-on skills in research methods and informal science learning. Students will work on language science research projects investigating 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. They will also learn how to explain complex scientific concepts to the general public in an engaging and accessible way. Training future researchers to communicate effectively is 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, in which Ohio State faculty and students conduct cutting-edge work at the intersection of rigorous linguistic analysis, social interaction, and cognitive processing. Museum visitors are able to witness and learn about the studies in progress and are invited to join in the process as research participants. The REU site provides students with 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. Students experience classroom training in linguistics and psychology and in informal science education, research activities, and hand-on work on the museum floor engaging the public using interactive demonstrations of key language science concepts. The REU site expands the lab's undergraduate engagement from the Ohio State Columbus campus students to students from regional campus and community colleges who might not otherwise be able to be involved. At the end of the program, each student prepares and presents a research poster and a novel interactive demo.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.