NeuroPlay Adventures for K-2

K-2 的 NeuroPlay 冒险

• 批准号: 8660109
• 负责人: KAREN G LITTMAN
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: MORPHONIX
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8660109
• 关键词: 11 year old; 7 year old; Address; Adolescent; Age; Award; Behavior; Brain; CD-ROM; Caring; Child; Computer software; Computers; Curiosities; Development; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Focus Groups; Funding; Goals; Happiness; Homes for the Aged; Intention; Knowledge; Learning; Marketing; Motor; Music; National Institute of Mental Health; Nature; Neurosciences; Organ; Parents; Phase; Play; Production; Program Effectiveness; Research; Science; Series; Tablets; Technology; Telephone; Testing; Time; Video Games; Work; abstracting; base; career; commercial application; consumer product; design; improved; innovation; interest; kindergarten; programs; prototype; second grade; teacher; tool; twelfth grade; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): NeuroPlay Adventures addresses the need to develop innovative neuroscience educational tools to benefit children in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12). The goals of this project are: (1) to develop mobile apps for tablets and smart phones and a web-site that introduces children, ages 5-7 to the brain using music, motor, and story-based activities, and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of this program in increasing interes and knowledge of the brain. Phase I Goal: To develop a prototype and to evaluate its effectiveness with children ages 5-7. Phase II Goal. Complete the development, production, and evaluation of NeuroPlay Adventures and field-test the effectiveness of the completed program with 5-7 year old children to determine if interest and understanding of the brain improves. The mobile apps and web-site will be marketed primarily as consumer products for children ages 5-7, and secondarily as supplemental learning materials for kindergarten through second grade. The central components of the learning materials are mobile apps and a web-site with music, motor, and story- based neuroplay activities and games that motivate young children to learn about the brain. NeuroPlay Adventures will take the often abstract concepts of brain science and make them fun and accessible to young children. Above all, it is designed to infuse children with a sense of awe for their own rapidly developing brains. Many software games encourage children to use their brains, but NeuroPlay Adventures will teach children the science of their brains at the same time. It is important to teach young children about basic neuroscience for many reasons. By helping them understand how central this delicate organ is, we promote a positive attitude towards its proper care. Furthermore, introducing children to neuroscience when they are young encourages their natural curiosity and interest in science, increasing the likelihood that some will pursue a career in neuroscience and contribute to this fast growing body of knowledge.

描述（由申请人提供）：NeuroPlay Adventures 解决了开发创新神经科学教育工具的需求，以使幼儿园至 12 年级 (K-12) 的儿童受益。该项目的目标是：(1) 开发适用于平板电脑和智能手机的移动应用程序以及一个网站，通过音乐、运动和基于故事的活动向 5-7 岁儿童介绍大脑，以及 (2)评估该计划在增加大脑兴趣和知识方面的有效性。第一阶段目标：开发原型并评估其对 5-7 岁儿童的有效性。第二阶段目标。完成 NeuroPlay Adventures 的开发、制作和评估，并针对 5-7 岁儿童对已完成程序的有效性进行现场测试，以确定大脑的兴趣和理解是否有所提高。该移动应用程序和网站将主要作为 5 至 7 岁儿童的消费产品进行营销，其次作为幼儿园到二年级的补充学习材料。学习材料的核心组成部分是移动应用程序和网站，其中包含音乐、运动和基于故事的神经游戏活动和游戏，可激励幼儿了解大脑。 NeuroPlay Adventures 将采用脑科学中经常抽象的概念，并使其变得有趣且易于幼儿理解。最重要的是，它旨在让孩子们对自己快速发育的大脑产生敬畏感。许多软件游戏鼓励孩子们使用他们的大脑，但 NeuroPlay Adventures 会同时教孩子们大脑的科学。出于多种原因，向幼儿传授基础神经科学非常重要。通过帮助他们了解这个脆弱器官的重要性，我们提倡对其适当护理采取积极态度。此外，在孩子小的时候向他们介绍神经科学可以激发他们对科学天生的好奇心和兴趣，增加一些人从事神经科学职业并为这一快速增长的知识体系做出贡献的可能性。