BPC-DP: Broadening Female Participation in Computing: Middle School through Undergraduate Study

科罗拉多州矿业学院(CSM)提出了一个示范项目，旨在吸引和留住从中学到本科学习计算机科学的女性。具体地说，该项目旨在(1)制定有效的战略，从中学起通过本科学习来激发女性对计算机科学的兴趣；(2)增加申报计算机科学专业的女本科生人数；(3)增加计算机科学专业女本科生的保留率；(4)重新设计本科计算机科学课程，使其对男女学生都有吸引力。每一种干预措施都是专门为建立在先前研究结果的基础上设计的。在初中和高中阶段，干预措施？包括一个技术夏令营和一个学术技术俱乐部？计划激发女性对数学、科学和技术的兴趣和了解。还将在教师暑期讲习班上进行干预，初中和高中教师将在那里学习女性自然减员的统计数据，以及鼓励女性参与计算机科学、数学和科学的基于研究的方法。进一步加强初中、高中和本科生技术领域的学术咨询工作。在本科生层面，CSM的计算机科学课程将重新设计，以CSM人道主义工程项目的努力为基础，该项目以吸引女性参与而闻名。

Colorado School of Mines (CSM) proposes a Demonstration Project designed to attract and retain females in computer science from middle school through undergraduate studies. Specifically, the project aims to (1) develop effective strategies for stimulating female interest in computer science from middle school through undergraduate studies, (2) increase the number of female undergraduate students who declare majors in computer science, (3) increase the retention of female undergraduate majors in computer science, (4) redesign the undergraduate computer science curriculum in a manner that is appealing to both male and female students. Each intervention has been specifically designed to build on results from prior research. At the middle and high school levels, interventions ? including a summer technology camp and an academic technology club ? are planned to stimulate female interests in and understanding of mathematics, science and technology. Interventions will also take place at summer workshops for teachers, where middle school and high school teachers will learn both the statistics on female attrition and research based methods to encourage female participation in computer science, mathematics and science. Efforts will further be made to improve academic advising at the middle school, high school and undergraduate levels with respect to technical fields. At the undergraduate level, the computer science curriculum at CSM will be redesigned to build on the efforts of the Humanitarian Engineering program at CSM, which is known to attract female participation.