NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Japan

NSF 东亚及太平洋地区 2012 财年日本夏季学院

• 批准号: 1209770
• 负责人: George Kachergis
• 金额: $ 0.58万
• 依托单位: Kachergis George
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1209770&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; East; Asia; Pacific; Summer

This action funds George Kachergis of Indiana University to conduct a research project, entitled "Mechanisms of language learning," during the summer of 2012 at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The host scientist is Dr. Takashi Hashimoto.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is new understandings of the memory and learning mechanisms that allow infants to learn their first language. Most infants produce their first words as one-year-olds and have a vocabulary of more than 60,000 words by the end of high school. This research is developing mathematical models of how people learn from which it may be possible to identify deficits that interfere with language learning in some and find ways to better structure the learning environment to aid in learning first languages and beyond. The models are not limited to language learning because they are built upon basic mechanisms of learning and memory and can be applied to education in many domains, from memorizing anatomy to learning molecule names and structures. This type of hierarchical model can also be used to identify individual differences and may suggest ways of structuring training to keep learners from falling behind and to keep them challenged.The Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.

这项行动为印第安纳大学的乔治·卡赫吉斯（George Kachergis）提供了一项研究项目，题为“语言学习机制”，2012年夏天在日本诺米（Nomi）的日本高级科学技术学院，日本北川县。 主持人科学家是高希（Takashi Hashimoto）博士。研究项目的智力优点是对记忆和学习机制的新理解，使婴儿能够学习第一语言。大多数婴儿作为一岁的孩子产生了第一个单词，并且在高中结束时有超过60,000个单词的词汇。这项研究正在开发人们如何从中学习的数学模型，可以从某些人中识别出干扰语言学习的缺陷，并找到更好地构建学习环境以帮助学习第一语言及以后的方法。 这些模型不仅限于语言学习，因为它们建立在学习和记忆的基本机制上，并且可以应用于许多领域的教育，从记忆解剖到学习分子名称和结构。这种类型的层次模型也可以用于确定个体差异，并可能提出结构培训的方法，以防止学习者落后并防止他们受到挑战。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为在美国以外的第一手研究经验提供了同伴；各自位置的科学，科学政策和科学基础设施的简介；以及社会，文化和语言的方向。 这些活动符合NSF的目标，以在其科学家，工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯的早期对国际合作进行教育，从而确保全球意识的美国科学劳动力。