CCLI: Preparing At-Risk Students for CS1 and Calculus

计算机科学(31)CS1和微积分是计算机科学和计算机工程专业的主要障碍，阿肯色大学的教职员工发现，ACT分数低于26分的学生没有做好进入这些课程并取得成功的充分准备。为了帮助学生克服CS1和微积分的障碍，本项目正在开发一门CS0预科课程，在该课程中，编程教学的重点是微积分作为一个应用领域。通过这门课程，学生不仅获得了在后续课程中取得成功的技能和信心，而且他们的接触使后续微积分I课程中提出的想法看起来很熟悉，不那么令人畏惧。在CSO课程中，学生通过执行非常小而优雅的程序来探索微积分。我们鼓励未能达到ACT分数门槛的学生参加本课程。对于这些学生来说，它最终将是必需的。这门课程的两个关键组成部分是：一门简单但有表现力的编程语言，以及一篇以清晰而简洁的方式解释微积分基础，并与编程基础的介绍同步发展思想的微积分课文。CS0课程提高了来自各种社会经济背景的高危学生的表现和留存能力。衡量项目成功的主要指标是GPA和留存统计数据。

Computer Science (31)CS1 and calculus are major hurdles for computer science and computer engineering majors, and faculty members at the University of Arkansas have found that students entering their programs with an ACT score below 26 are not adequately prepared to enter and succeed in these courses. To help students overcome the CS1 and calculus hurdles, this project is developing a preparatory CS0 course in which the teaching of programming is focused on calculus as an application area. Through this course, students not only are gaining the skills and confidence to succeed in subsequent courses, but also their exposure is making the ideas presented in the subsequent Calculus I course seem familiar and less intimidating. In the CS0 course, students are exploring calculus through the implementation of very small and elegant programs. This course is being encouraged for students failing to reach the ACT score threshold. It will ultimately be required for these students. The two critical components of this course are: a simple, yet expressive programming language, and a calculus text that explains the basics of calculus in a clear and concise manner, and develops ideas in step with the introduction of programming fundamentals.The CS0 course is boosting the performance and retention of at-risk students from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The primary metrics for measuring project success are GPA and retention statistics.