Collaborative Research: Assessing Concept Knowledge and Attitudes in Introductory Computer Science Courses

协作研究：评估计算机科学入门课程中的概念知识和态度

• 批准号: 0512064
• 负责人: Barbara Moskal
• 金额: $ 21.59万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0512064&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Assessing; Concept; Knowledge

This project is developing two assessment instruments to measure student learning outcomes and student attitudes in introductory computing courses. One instrument measures student learning outcomes for introductory programming courses and one measures students' attitudes towards computers and computer science. Each is designed to measure fundamental concepts that are not language specific. The validity and reliability of the resultant instruments is being demonstrated through extensive testing.Intellectual Merit: The project is based on the need to devise new assessment tools and to update two-decades-old assessment tools for computer science education. The need for new and updated assessment tools is particularly crucial in a dynamic field where changes in, and availability of, computing technology has reverberating effects on pedagogy and student experience in the classroom. The learning outcomes instrument is based on the content domain defined by the IEEE/ACM Computing Curriculum 2001 for a first course in object-oriented programming.Broader Impacts: A primary goal of many computer science education projects is to determine the extent to which a given instructional intervention has had an impact on student outcomes. However, valid and reliable assessment instruments that measure the desired goals and outcomes across different platforms are not currently available. This project is filling that gap. Careful attention is dedicated during the validation process to the impact that gender and ethnicity have on the validity of the resultant instruments.

这个项目正在开发两个评估工具，以衡量学生的学习成果和学生的态度，在介绍计算机课程。一个工具衡量学生的学习成果，介绍编程课程，一个衡量学生对计算机和计算机科学的态度。每一个都被设计来测量不是特定语言的基本概念。智力优势：该项目是基于需要设计新的评估工具和更新二十年的老评估工具的计算机科学教育。需要新的和更新的评估工具是特别重要的，在一个动态的领域，变化和可用性，计算技术的教学和学生的经验在课堂上产生反响的影响。学习成果的工具是基于内容域定义的IEEE/ACM计算课程2001年的第一门课程在面向对象的programming.Broader影响：许多计算机科学教育项目的主要目标是确定在何种程度上给定的教学干预对学生的成果产生了影响。然而，目前还没有有效和可靠的评估工具来衡量不同平台的预期目标和成果。该项目正在填补这一空白。在验证过程中，认真注意性别和族裔对所产生文书的有效性的影响。