SBIR Phase I: A Technology-Enhanced Statistics Learning Software App

SBIR 第一阶段：技术增强的统计学习软件应用程序

• 批准号: 2324068
• 负责人: Zaneta Chapman
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: ZANET ANALYTICS CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2324068&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Technology; Enhanced; Statistics

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is in the development of an immersive, game-based, learning app to help teach statistics in an engaging way to middle and high school students. Designed as a classroom resource, the app is aimed at providing a mechanism to promote statistical thinking. The app will integrate research activities into the teaching of statistical concepts and techniques to common core curriculum standards. The game design is expected to increase interest in statistics and also increasing the number of students going into STEM related fields. This game-based app features artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality learning components tailored to meet students where they are academically and customize fit to each student’s individual interests. This app will be used as a classroom resource. Phase I research and development addresses technical feasibility hurdles such as the development of augmented reality and artificial intelligence features. Other challenges include the development of a user-friendly, seamless application that does not require internet access and a feasible system architecture to integrate the computational engine with the game user interface and ensure reasonable response times. To overcome the inherent technical hurdles, the team will use an agile development cycle that allows for faster development of the finished product, as well as flexibility to respond to changes and requirement updates as they occur.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.

这个小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响在于开发一款沉浸式、基于游戏的学习应用程序，帮助以一种吸引人的方式向中学生和高中生教授统计学。该应用程序旨在提供一种促进统计思维的机制，该应用程序将研究活动融入到共同核心课程标准的统计概念和技术教学中，预计游戏设计将增加人们对统计的兴趣并增加统计数量。进入 STEM 相关领域的学生。基于游戏的应用程序具有人工智能 (AI) 和增强现实学习组件，可满足学生的学术需求，并根据每个学生的个人兴趣进行定制。该应用程序将用作课堂资源，第一阶段的研究和开发解决了技术可行性问题。其他挑战包括开发增强现实和人工智能功能等障碍，包括开发不需要互联网访问的用户友好的无缝应用程序，以及将计算引擎与游戏用户界面集成并确保合理的系统架构。为了克服固有的技术障碍，团队将使用敏捷开发周期，以更快地开发成品，并灵活地响应发生的变化和需求更新。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。