NSF Young Investigator

NSF 青年研究员

• 批准号: 9358519
• 负责人: Mitchel Resnick
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-09-01 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9358519&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Young; Investigator

9358519 Resnick During the past decade, there has been a surge of scientific interest in how complex phenomena can arise from simple components and simple interactions. The study of complex systems raises not only scientific questions, but also educational and epistemological questions: Must people develop new ways of thinking in order to make sense of complex phenomena? And if so, what types of tools and activities can engage students in thinking about complex systems in new ways? I propose to develop a set of new computational tools to enable pre-college students to construct and explore complex phenomena. I plan to focus particularly on ideas related to evolution. Previous studies have shown that many students misunderstand and resist the idea of evolution through natural selection. I plan to develop a set of "evolution tools" (based on computational techniques like genetic algorithms) with the dual goals of: (a) gaining a deeper understanding of students' misconceptions about evolutionary ideas, and (b) helping students develop new ways to think about evolution. ***

9358519 Resnick在过去十年中，对简单组成部分和简单相互作用产生的复杂现象的科学兴趣激增。 对复杂系统的研究不仅提出了科学问题，还提出了教育和认识论问题：人们是否必须开发新的思维方式才能理解复杂的现象？ 如果是这样，哪些类型的工具和活动可以让学生以新的方式思考复杂的系统？ 我建议开发一套新的计算工具，以使预科学生能够构建和探索复杂的现象。 我计划特别关注与进化有关的思想。 先前的研究表明，许多学生通过自然选择误解并抵制进化的观念。 我计划开发一组“进化工具”（基于诸如遗传算法等计算技术）的双重目标：（a）对学生对进化思想的误解，以及（b）帮助学生开发新的方法来思考进化。 ***