Science and Engineering Education for Infrastructure Transformation

基础设施转型的科学与工程教育

• 批准号: 2131097
• 负责人: Charles Xie
• 金额: $ 289.94万
• 依托单位: INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE INTELLIGENCE, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131097&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Science; Engineering; Education; Infrastructure; Transformation

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. The Concord Consortium in collaboration with Purdue University will research and develop an engineering education technology and pedagogy that will support project-based learning of science, engineering, and computation concepts and skills underlying the strategically important "smart" and "green" aspects of the infrastructure. This project will develop transformative technologies and curriculum materials to turn the campus of a high school or a geographical information system such as Google Maps into an engineering laboratory with virtually unlimited opportunities for learning and exploration. The project will deliver two innovations: 1) The Smart High School is an engineering platform for designing Internet of Things systems for managing the resources, space, and processes of a school based on real-time analysis of data collected by various sensors deployed by students on campus; and 2) the Virtual Solar World is a computational modeling platform for students to design, deploy, and connect virtual solar power solutions for their homes, schools, and regions. Six standards-aligned curriculum units based on these technologies will be developed to guide student learning and support educational research. Approximately 2,000 students from rural, suburban, and urban high schools in Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Ohio will participate in this research. project products and findings through the Internet, conferences, publications, and partner networks.The research is designed to identify technology-enhanced instructional strategies that can simultaneously foster the growth of skills and self-efficacy in scientific reasoning, design thinking, and computational thinking, all of which are needed to build the future infrastructure. The focus on infrastructure transformation is aligned with NSF's vision of smart and connected communities. Although this project will use the context of smart and green infrastructure to engage students to solve real-world problems, the skills of scientific reasoning, design thinking, and computational thinking that they will acquire through meeting the challenges of this project can be transferrable to other topics and fields. Using a design-based research approach, a rich set of formative and summative data will be collected from these students for probing into three research questions: 1) To what extent does the integrated learning model help students develop and connect scientific reasoning, design thinking, and computational thinking skills?; 2) To what extent is students' interest in cognate careers affected by the authenticity of engineering design challenges?; and 3) How do the variations in the solutions to overcome the cognitive and practical difficulties of real-world problems impact learning outcomes and career interest? The data sources include pre/post-tests, process data, self-reports, observations, surveys, interviews, and participant information.

Discovery Research K-12计划（DRK-12）试图通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具（RMTS）的研究和开发，以显着增强PreK-12学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。 DRK-12计划中的项目基于STEM教育和先前的研发工作的基础研究，这些研究为拟议项目提供了理论和经验的理由。与普渡大学合作的Concord联盟将研究和开发一种工程教育技术和教学法，该技术将支持基于战略性重要的“智能”和“绿色”方面的基于项目的科学，工程概念和计算概念和技能。该项目将开发变革性的技术和课程材料，以将高中或地理信息系统（例如Google Maps）的校园转变为具有几乎无限的学习和探索机会的工程实验室。该项目将提供两项创新：1）智能高中是一个工程平台，用于设计物联网系统，以基于学生对校园中各种传感器收集的数据的实时分析来管理学校的资源，空间和流程； 2）虚拟太阳能世界是一个计算建模平台，供学生设计，部署和连接其房屋，学校和地区的虚拟太阳能解决方案。将开发基于这些技术的六个标准课程单元，以指导学生学习和支持教育研究。 来自印第安纳州，马萨诸塞州，新罕布什尔州和俄亥俄州的农村，郊区和城市高中的大约2,000名学生将参加这项研究。通过互联网，会议，出版物和合作伙伴网络进行项目产品和发现。该研究旨在确定技术增强的教学策略，可以同时促进科学推理，设计思维和计算思维中技能和自我效能的增长，所有这些思维都需要建立未来的基础设施。 对基础设施转型的重点与NSF对智能和互联社区的愿景保持一致。尽管该项目将利用智能和绿色基础设施的背景来吸引学生解决现实世界中的问题，但科学推理，设计思维和计算思维的技能，即通过应对该项目的挑战，它们将获得其他主题和领域的挑战。 使用基于设计的研究方法，将从这些学生中收集一系列的形成性和总结性数据，以探测三个研究问题：1）综合学习模型在多大程度上帮助学生发展并连接科学推理，设计思维和计算思维技能？ 2）学生在多大程度上受到工程设计挑战的真实性影响的同源职业的兴趣？ 3）解决现实问题的认知和实际困难的解决方案的变化如何影响学习成果和职业兴趣？数据源包括预测试，过程数据，自我报告，观察，调查，访谈和参与者信息。

项目成果

Using Computer Graphics to Make Science Visible in Engineering Education

利用计算机图形学使科学在工程教育中可见

• DOI: 10.1109/mcg.2023.3298386
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Xie, Charles;Ding, Xiaotong;Jiang, Rundong
• 通讯作者: Jiang, Rundong

Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

数据驱动的科学视频博客，随时随地互联学习

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Connected science learning
• 作者: Jiang, R.;Ding, X;Sung, S;Bulseco, A;Xie, C.
• 通讯作者: Xie, C.

Refine By Design: An Engineering Design Coaching Tool for Supporting Student Reasoning

通过设计精炼：支持学生推理的工程设计辅导工具

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The science teacher
• 作者: Purzer, S.;Schimpf, C.;Quintana-Cifuentes, J.;Sereiviene, E.;Lingam, I;Jiang, R.
• 通讯作者: Jiang, R.

Semantic Fluency in Design Reasoning

设计推理中的语义流畅性

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: International journal of engineering education
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Quintana-Cifuentes, Jenny;Purzer, Senay
• 通讯作者: Purzer, Senay

Self-regulated learning as a complex dynamical system: Examining students' STEM learning in a simulation environment

自我调节学习作为一个复杂的动力系统：在模拟环境中检查学生的 STEM 学习

• DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102144
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Learning and Individual Differences
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Li, Shan;Zheng, Juan;Huang, Xudong;Xie, Charles
• 通讯作者: Xie, Charles