Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research STEM Grand Challenge � Adaptive, Generalizable Intelligent Tutors for STEM and Naval Training and Education
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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
11-SN-0019
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 15, 2011
Creation Date:
Jun 15, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 30, 2011
White papers are due by the date specified in the Special Notice.
Full Proposals should be submitted under ONRBAA11-001 by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals received after that date will be considered only insofar as agency time and continued availability of funding permit
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 30, 2011
White papers are due by the date specified in the Special Notice.
Full Proposals should be submitted under ONRBAA11-001 by the date specified in the Special Notice. Full Proposals received after that date will be considered only insofar as agency time and continued availability of funding permit
Archive Date:
Oct 30, 2011
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$8,000,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
12.300
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Basic and Applied Scientific Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
See ONRBAA11-001 for Eligibilty Information
Agency Name
Office of Naval Research
Description
The proposed topic will lead to new approaches for building adaptive and individualized intelligent tutors for STEM training and education that are able to:
-Increase comprehension of instructional content over a fixed teaching duration and curriculum
-Train to higher standards of competence (e.g., expertise), not simply enabling better recall
-Accelerate the development of problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills
The program will pursue a wide variety of approaches that address six issues that are key to developing the next generation of intelligent tutoring systems for STEM applications: 1) Designing computational cognitive models of student performance; 2) Enabling realistic and effective student � intelligent tutor interactions; 3) Creating individually-tailored instructional strategies for delivering a large corpus of course material; 4) Generalizing the underlying technologies to multiple educational domains and populations; 5) Using the most current empirical research on the science of learning pedagogical approaches ( e.g. self-explanation); and 6) Designing tools for reducing the time and expertise needed to build these tutors.
White Papers are required prior to submitting a Full Proposal.
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