Development and Dissemination of Computational Science Educational Materials and Curricula at the Undergraduate Level

在这个项目中，来自14个机构的35名教师正在开发和传播计算科学教材，用于各种本科STEM学科，如生物学、化学、环境科学、地质学、金融学、经济学、数学和物理学。这个项目的智力价值在于它使用了一个共同的框架来指导材料的开发：问题、模型、方法、实现和评估。材料包括适当的科学和数学背景信息，以及问题，项目和教师手册；这个共同的框架允许材料是独立的和全面的。该项目的更广泛的影响是通过它作为额外计算科学课程和课程开发的催化剂的能力来感受到的。这个由14个成员组成的机构联盟根据机构类型（PUI，研究I和II，综合，HBCU，两年制，四年制，私立和州立），服务的学生群体和STEM学科而多样化。另外，全国还有12所学校将对这套教材进行测试。传播活动包括：1)会议和学科专题研讨会（预计服务300多名教师）；ii)准备纳入国家科学数字图书馆的材料；在国家会议上的发言；iv)推进全州范围内的计算科学倡议，这是一个可以被其他州采用的模型。最后，一个由内容专家和两名评估员组成的咨询委员会监督项目的成功。

Interdisciplinary (99) In this project thirty-five faculty from fourteen institutions are developing and disseminating computational science educational materials for use in a variety of undergraduate STEM disciplines such as biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, finance, economics, mathematics, and physics. The project's intellectual merit lies in its use of a common framework to guide the development of materials: Problem, Model, Method, Implementation, and Assessment. Materials include appropriate science and mathematics background information as well as problems, projects, and an instructor's manual; and this common framework permits the materials to be self-standing and comprehensive. The project's broader impacts are felt through its ability to serve as a catalyst in the development of additional computational science courses and curricula. The fourteen-member institution consortium is diversified by type of institution (PUI, Research I and II, Comprehensive, HBCU, 2-year, 4-year, private, and state), student population served, and STEM disciplines. Twelve more institutions across the nation are serving as beta-testers of the educational materials. Dissemination activities include: i) conferences and discipline specific workshops (projected to serve 300+ faculty); ii) preparation of the materials for inclusion to the National Science Digital Library; iii) presentations at national conferences; and iv) the advancement of a statewide computational science initiative, a model that can be adopted by other states. Finally, an advisory committee of content experts and two evaluators oversees the success of the project.