REU Site: The Science of Language and the Language of Science

该项目由社会，行为和经济科学理事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。它具有科学和社会效益，并将研究和教育结合起来。这个REU网站培训学生在研究方法和非正式科学学习的实践技能。学生将从事语言科学研究项目，调查语言如何在社会背景下使用，儿童如何学习在上下文中使用语言，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沟通，对于保持良好科学的健康长期社会承诺至关重要。语言科学研究实验室是首屈一指的科学博物馆内的一个玻璃封闭的空间，俄亥俄州的教师和学生在严格的语言分析，社会互动和认知处理的交叉点进行尖端的工作。博物馆参观者可以见证和了解正在进行的研究，并被邀请作为研究参与者加入这一进程。REU网站为学生提供了一个综合的经验，培养学生在实验室的两个任务：如何进行语言科学研究，以及如何与公众沟通科学。学生体验语言学和心理学的课堂培训，以及非正式的科学教育，研究活动，以及在博物馆地板上使用关键语言科学概念的交互式演示吸引公众的动手工作。REU网站将实验室的本科生参与范围从俄亥俄州哥伦布校区的学生扩大到来自地区校区和社区学院的学生，否则他们可能无法参与。在项目结束时，每个学生准备并展示一张研究海报和一个新颖的互动演示。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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 Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. 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 critical 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 campuses 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.