INFINID LEARNING INC

When students participate in real-world projects with peers they can be engaged and learn in different ways than through traditional modes of didactic instruction. In a prior project, the team developed a platform to engage whole classes of grade school students in simulated missions to solve real-world problems on STEM topics. This project will fully develop and add a new component to the intervention to support reading, writing, and speaking during grade 5 students' class-wide project.

Research supports the claim that benefits can occur when students engage in collaborative projects done in a real-world context. These benefits include improved cognitive task analysis, motivation and effort, evaluation and reflection, help seeking, and problem-solving teaching.  With a prior NSF SBIR award, the research team developed a platform to engage groups of students in simulated missions to solve real-world problems on STEM topics.  This project will develop and add a new componen...