Collaborative Research: RAPID: Evaluating the Cognitive and Educational Benefits of Mental Abacus Training

合作研究：RAPID：评估心算训练的认知和教育效益

• 批准号: 1550664
• 负责人: David Barner
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550664&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; RAPID; Evaluating; Cognitive

Mental Abacus is a popular mathematics technique practices primarily in Asian countries in elementary school contexts. Mental abacus students begin by learning to make rapid arithmetic computations on a physical abacus and then learn to imagine moving the beads without the physical device. Young children can then rapidly add, subtract, multiply and divide large numbers. This project will compare mental abacus teaching to two other teaching methods in order to understand how it helps first and second grade students learn to compute and learn conceptual understanding of place value. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.Prior work indicates the mental abacus computations are connected to visuo-spatial working memory. The project is a randomized experiment to compare the effectiveness of Mental Abacus, Singapore Math Curriculum and business-as-usual curriculum in grades 1 and 2 in multiple elementary schools. Math outcomes will be measured with standardized test scores and four assessments (an in-house arithmetic fluency measure, the WIAT, the Woodcock-Johnson III, and a measure of conceptual understanding of place-value). A battery of cognitive measures and a measure of intervention fidelity will also be included. The project should result in understanding the effectiveness of Mental Abacus as a method for teaching and provide a foundation for larger scale work in the area.

精神算盘是一种流行的数学技术实践，主要在小学环境中的亚洲国家。精神算盘的学生首先要学习对物理算盘进行快速算术计算，然后学会想象没有物理设备的珠子。然后，幼儿可以迅速添加，减去，乘以和划分大量。该项目将将心理算法的教学与另外两种教学方法进行比较，以了解其如何帮助一年级和二年级学生学会计算和学习对位置价值的概念理解。 ECR计划强调了基本的STEM教育研究，该研究在该领域产生了基础知识。 投资是在重要的，广泛和持久的关键领域进行的：STEM学习和STEM学习环境，扩大参与STEM以及STEM劳动力开发。提高工作表明精神算盘计算与视觉空间空间工作记忆有关。该项目是一项随机实验，旨在比较多个小学中1年级和2年级的精神算盘，新加坡数学课程和商业与公平课程的有效性。 数学成果将通过标准化的测试评分和四个评估（内部算术流利度量度，WIAT，Woodcock-Johnson III以及对位置价值的概念理解的度量）来衡量。还将包括一系列认知措施和一系列干预保真度。该项目应导致理解精神算盘作为教学方法的有效性，并为该地区的大规模工作提供基础。