To provide expert guidance for the Phase I
SBIR project, Dr. Mead, the Principal Investigator, obtained the help of eight
highly qualified persons who have one or more of the following areas of expertise:
Selected experts formed a "virtual" advisory panel and
"met" via email over the Internet, with perhaps an occasional
exchange by phone conversation or fax. Panel members shared ideas
and information about issues related to the project, over the period
from October, 1995 through
March, 1996.
You're invited to read an introduction
to Members of the VAP.
The results of the VAP's discussions were
gathered via two "Straw Polls". The first was exploratory, and the second Poll
was iterated until all active panelists were satisfied with the results. Straw
Poll II consisted of 21 objectives or program features that were all considered
desirable ingredients in a CBI arithmetic tutor.
The voting was heavily constrained (each panelist had 6 points to allocate among
the 21 items), in order to ensure that a clear prioritization was achieved.
The table below shows the four items considered most desirable by the panelists:
The results of the VAP's discussions and
the opinions expressed via Straw Poll II have influenced the project's directions
to the extent possible within the Phase I resource limits.
One immediate effect of the VAP Straw Poll was to decide the direction
to be taken in designing and implementing the Guidance/Assessment
module. The VAP clearly recommended that the main emphasis of the
module should be on whatever aspects of assessment are directly relevant
to the teaching functions. Lower emphasis was placed on assessment
designed to reinforce or supplement existing evaluation and placement
tools.
The VAP discussion and Poll results have
contributed strongly to shaping the proposed Phase II project.
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