SBIR/STTR Research Award
Building a classroom game economy to improve mathematical reasoning and prepare K-5 students for success in STEM learning
Award amount
$149,887Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- TEACHLEY, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-09-01
- Contract end date
- 2019-02-28
- UEI
- NATULVSV4VX6
- Solicitation number
- PAR18-402
- Topic code
- 500
Research abstract
ProjectSummary AbstractThereisanenormousneedforqualifiedpeopletopursuecareersinSTEMNoonanHoweverthelackofastrongfoundationinmathematicsmeansstudentsarelesslikely
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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
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Building a mathematical problem-solving environment to prepare K-5 students for success in STEM and health careers.
- Building a mathematical problem-solving environment to prepare K-5 students for success in STEM and health careers.
- Teachley Math Practice Kits: Transmedia resources to support students’metacognitive math reasoning
- Teachley Problem-Solving Assessment: Supporting teachers to assess and promote students mathematical thinking
- Teachley Problem-Solving Assessment: Supporting teachers to assess and promote students mathematical thinking
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- MusiQuest STEAM: interactive digital media for K-5 STEM education integrating audio and music
- A generative-AI-assisted platform for rapidly creating interactive,accurate 3D explainers for all of biomedical science and medicine (TABA Supplement)
- Introducing Young Children to Biomedical Science with a Screenless Interactive Device (infinibook)
- Flu Finders: Data Literacy through Wastewater Monitoring
- The STEMfluidics Platform: Inspiring STEM Learning and Career Exploration with Microfluidics
Research funding history
16 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2012–2023). Reported award amounts total $9,491,627. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation