TEACHLEY, LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: 500
TEACHLEY, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $149,887
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 500
- Solicitation
- PAR18-402
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NY
- Period
- 2018-09-01 → 2019-02-28
Description
ProjectSummary AbstractThereisanenormousneedforqualifiedpeopletopursuecareersinSTEMNoonanHoweverthelackofastrongfoundationinmathematicsmeansstudentsarelesslikely topursueSTEMmajorsandcareersChenGriffithHuangTaddeseandampWalterEKokkelenbergandampSinhaLowelletalStudentsfromlow incomefamilieswomenandunderrepresentedminoritiesarealsolesslikelytomajorinSTEMBettingerGriffithHillCorbettandampRoseKokkelenbergandampSinhaImprovingmath learningintheelementarygradesisimportanttoensurechildrenhavetheessential foundationalskillsandstrongself efficacybeliefstobeabletosucceedwithlatermathematics andpursuecareersinSTEMWiththisFast TrackgrantClassStoreCSweproposeto transformthewayinwhichstudentslearnNumberandOperationsinBaseTenCSwillbean engagingcommerciallyavailableclassroom basedeconomygamefortabletsand Chromebooksthatfocusesonmulti digitoperationsCSwillencourageconceptual understandingandbuildmathself efficacyforstudentsingradesKwithinthecontextofa digitalclassroom basedmarketplaceWithinthegamestudentswillcreatestorescraftobjects tosellengageinselling purchasingtransactionsandworktogethertoincreasethevalueofthe economyInadditionthegamewillutilizeartificialintelligenceAItodetectstrategiesstudents useandhelpteachersfacilitaterichmathematicaldiscussionstherebyenhancingstudentsreasoningskillsOutcomesTheproposalwillencouragethreemainoutcomesnamelyalgorithmsfor detectingmathstrategiesstudentsuseadiscussionsupportdashboardandalgorithms forpredictingat riskstatusAkeyresearchaimistodeterminewhetherthesoftwarecanpredict mathstrategiesstudentsuseanddetectwhichstudentsareat riskacademicallyascompared tostandardizedassessmentdatawhichwillhelpteachersinterveneappropriatelyThe discussionsupportdashboardwillhelptopromoterichmathematicaldiscussionthereby improvingstudentsmathematicaljustificationandconceptualunderstandingTheengaging gamewillbolsterstudentsmotivationandself efficacyinmathematicsImprovingstudentsacademicoutcomesandself efficacyinbasetenduringelementary schoolwillpromotelatersuccessinhighschoolmathematicsSincethenumberofadvanced mathclassesstudentstakeiscorrelatedwithlikelihoodtocompleteaSTEMdegreeChenadistaloutcomeofthisproposalisincreasingstudentspursuingcareersinSTEM ProjectNarrativeThereisanenormousneedforstudentsmajoringinthefieldsofScienceTechnologyEngineeringandMathematicsSTEMyetlackingastrongfoundationinmathematicsmakes studentsespeciallywomenminoritiesandthosefromlow incomebackgroundslesslikelyto pursuecareersinSTEMClassStorewillbolsterstudentsmathematicsabilitiesincluding mathematicalreasoningandself efficacyinthefoundationalareaofNumberandOperationsin BaseintheshortandlongtermThiswillinturnleadtoseveralpositivedistaloutcomessuchasincreasedSTEMmajorsandcareers