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ExploreLearning公司收到了SBIR项目二期格兰特标题为:模块化在线模拟与综合评估复杂的数学和科学,Standards-Aligned学习目标。PathfinderPlus的他们将会产生一个商业版本,一个在线系统,集评估复杂的、基于标准的教学目标在交互式仿真,使合成数据及时、高效地提供给学生、教师和管理员。为了有效地实现课程标准的教育改革(例如,不让一个孩子掉队法案》规定),教师在链接需要指导学生的日常学习这些标准和调整后续指令基于学生的进步与标准。现有教育技术的产品,然而,只明确相关宏观终端目标在每个国家的课程标准。结果,这些产品不提供诊断信息关于组件的知识和技能,和他们从而无法支持教师在理解更准确地说,学生有困难在一个给定的终端目标。PathfinderPlus提供了一个全面的在线图书馆的高度交互的学习对象,跟踪学生的行动,因为他们使用它们。系统分析生成的数据创建评估探测器产生结果,索引对组件的层次结构相关的知识和技能每个州的终端目标。这种分析提供了学生、教师和其他教育利益相关者与路线图在会议上他们的国家课程标准的成功。更广泛的影响,一个全功能的成功生产,商业PathfinderPlus产品领域的重大技术突破大型在线互动学习对象的存储库。部署ExploreLearning XML规范的小矿脉毫升(高交互性的学习对象标记语言)分离的教学逻辑学习技术实例化对象的适应性行为。 This separation enables the efficient development of the volume of scripts required by a system that covers entire courses (e.g., Algebra). The use of a four-tiered architecture to link fine-grained pedagogical events (i.e., pedagogically-meaningful interactions between students and the online simulations) to macro-level terminal objectives provides a flexible, modular foundation for the system. In terms of impacts on K-12 education, PathfinderPlus will foster alignment with standards-based curricula, support teachers in integrating technology effectively and efficiently into their classrooms, and provide a new approach for measuring the impact of educational technology on student learning. In addition, the system's use of interactive simulations as the medium for assessment enables a broader range of more complex, higher-order instructional objectives to be assessed (e.g., problem solving strategies and skills), as compared to traditional probes used in computer-based applications such as multiple-choice questions.