An innovative approach for attracting students to computing: A comprehensive proposal

吸引学生学习计算机的创新方法：综合提案

• 批准号: 0623808
• 负责人: Barbara Moskal
• 金额: $ 34.99万
• 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: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-02-15 至 2011-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0623808&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: innovative; approach; attracting; students; computing

This is a proposal for a 3 year, $1,297,456 project to be conducted as collaboration among 5 higher education institutions and one school system across the country, with St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA serving as the lead institution (other collaborators are from Colorado School of Mines, Ithaca College, Santa Clara University, Duke University, and Virginia Beach School System). The primary goal is to attract and retain students in computer science, especially women and underrepresented minorities (including two EPSCoR states). To this end, the project will use Alice, a software program that utilizes 3-D visualization methods, as a medium to create a high-level of interest in computer graphics, animation, and storytelling among high school students, hence to build understanding of object-based programming. Such an IT focus on media and animation is aligned with national computer science standards. The project will build a network of college and high school faculty, who will offer workshops and provide continuing support during the academic year. In each site, pairs of teachers from each participating school (total = 90) will learn with university faculty via a 3-week summer program in which an introduction to using Alice for teaching will be followed by teacher development of materials for students that will then be used to teach high school students. An experimental start at one site will be followed by implementation at four additional sites and culminated with revised implementation at the sixth site (1-4-1 design).

这是一个为期3年、耗资1,297,456美元的项目，作为全国5所高等教育机构和1个学校系统之间的合作项目，宾夕法尼亚州费城的圣约瑟夫大学是牵头机构(其他合作者来自科罗拉多矿业学院、伊萨卡学院、圣克拉拉大学、杜克大学和弗吉尼亚海滩学校系统)。主要目标是吸引和留住计算机科学专业的学生，特别是女性和代表性不足的少数群体(包括两个EPSCoR州)。为此，该项目将使用Alice，一个利用3-D可视化方法的软件程序作为媒介，在高中生中创造对计算机图形、动画和讲故事的高度兴趣，从而建立对基于对象的编程的理解。IT对媒体和动画的关注与国家计算机科学标准保持一致。该项目将建立一个大学和高中教职员工网络，他们将在学年期间提供研讨会和持续支持。在每个网站上，来自每个参与学校的教师对(总数=90)将通过为期3周的暑期项目与大学教师学习，在该项目中，教师将介绍如何使用Alice进行教学，然后教师将为学生开发材料，然后用于教高中生。在一个地点开始试验之后，将在另外四个地点实施，最后在第六个地点修订实施(1-4-1设计)。