SBIR Phase II: An interactive digital textbook that supports earth science learning

这个SBIR第一阶段项目将产生一个创新的阅读应用和管理门户网站，以支持科学学习。虽然科学教科书是一个核心的课程资源，这种资源往往是难以访问和难以阅读。科学教科书在句法（语法）和语义（词义）上都很复杂。具体来说，小学和中学的科学教科书往往写了3至5年，超过了发展的适当。由于这些复杂性，科学教科书经常淹没学生的工作记忆，阻止他们构建目标概念的准确心理表征。因此，这个项目将开发和测试一个多平台，个性化的电子阅读器与嵌入式阅读和语言支持。这项工作的智力价值在于它能够通过个性化和自适应内容来提高科学理解。该项目将针对与地球和空间科学有关的下一代科学标准制作内容和评估。可定制的功能将使基础科学知识更容易获得和有趣的学生-从而公众。鉴于这些好处，它有很大的潜力，以支持未来几代的STEM专业人士和更科学素养的公民。该项目将产生一个多平台的阅读应用程序，以支持科学学习。关键的创新将是使科学内容适应和调整学习者。该项目第二阶段有五个技术目标：（a）开发和测试电子阅读器，使其能够通过平板电脑和移动的网络工作;（B）开发和测试增强的阅读功能;（c）开发和测试行政和支付门户;（d）开发和管理与非政府组织安全系统一致的内容和评估;（e）对学生和教师进行用户测试。在第二阶段，项目团队将解决将这一创新推向市场的一些技术挑战。交互式阅读应用程序的关键特性可能会产生不必要的内存负载。这一技术挑战将通过将程序设计为高度预处理和模块化来克服。第二个挑战是为多层用户提供安全访问。这一技术挑战将通过架构程序来克服，以允许安全的多组成员身份，确保数据的可见性和安全性。一个多元化的SquidBooks团队，在商业，软件设计和工程，教育研究和测量，科学教育，写作和科学方面的专业知识将实现这个第二阶段项目的这些目标。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This SBIR Phase I project will produce an innovative reading application and administrative portal to support science learning. Although the science textbook is a central curricular resource, this resource is often inaccessible and difficult to read. Science textbooks are syntactically (grammatically) and semantically (word meaning) complex. Specifically, elementary and secondary science texts are often written 3 to 5 years beyond what is developmentally appropriate. Because of these complexities, science textbooks often overwhelm students' working memory, preventing them from constructing accurate mental representations of the target concepts. Thus, this project will develop and test a multiplatform, personalizable e-reader with embedded reading and language support. The intellectual merit of the effort resides in its ability to improve science comprehension through personalized and adaptive content. This project will produce content and assessments targeting the Next Generation Science Standards associated with Earth and Space Science. The customizable features will make fundamental science knowledge more accessible and interesting to students -- and thus the Public. Given these benefits, it has strong potential to support future generations of STEM professionals and a more scientifically literate citizenry.This project will produce a multiplatform reading application to support science learning. The key innovation will be to make science content adaptable and adjustable for learners. This Phase II project has five technical goals: (a) develop and test the e-reader to work via tablet and mobile web; (b) develop and test enhanced reading features; (c) develop and test administrative and payment portals; (d) develop and curate NGSS-aligned content and assessments; (e) conduct user testing with students and teachers. During Phase II, the project team will address some technological challenges in bringing this innovation to market. The key features of the interactive reading application create a potential for unnecessary memory load. This technological challenge will be overcome by architecting the program to be highly preprocessed and modular. A second challenge is providing secure access to multi-tiered users. This technical challenge will be overcome by architecting the program to allow for secure, multiple group membership, ensuring data visibility and security. A diverse SquidBooks team, with expertise in business, software design and engineering, educational research and measurement, science education, writing, and science will achieve these goals of this Phase II project.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.