Using Computational Thinking to Model a New Course: Advanced Placement Computer Science: Principles

美国大学理事会建议创建一个新的先进的安置（AP）课程- AP计算机科学：原则-这将侧重于计算的原则和实践，准备更多的学生竞争激烈的世纪劳动力。新课程将与2002年国家研究理事会的建议一致，即AP课程“反映我们对学生如何学习的了解;建立学生的可转移，概念理解和探究技能;并传达学科的内容和统一概念。“课程将是引人入胜的，可访问的，鼓舞人心的，严格的。它旨在促进CS学科更广泛的吸引力，并更好地准备STEM专业。大学理事会一丝不苟的AP课程开发过程，已经在NSF资助的其他几门AP科学课程的重新设计中得到了证明和彻底的审查，将为开发新课程的课程提供框架。建议的具体成果将是：1）AP CS原则课程; 2）中学和中学后设置的课程试点设计; 3）试点和课程评估的实施;以及4）一套基于计算机的原型评估项目。

The College Board proposes to create a new Advanced Placement (AP) course - AP Computer Science: Principles - that will focus on the principles and practices of computing, preparing more students for a competitive 21st century workforce. The new course will be consistent with the 2002 National Research Council recommendation that AP courses "reflect what we know about how students learn; build students' transferable, conceptual understanding and inquiry skills; and convey the content and unifying concepts of a discipline." The course will be engaging, accessible, inspiring, and rigorous. It is intended to foster a wider appeal for the CS discipline and better prepare STEM majors. The College Board's meticulous AP course development process, already proven and thoroughly vetted in the NSF-funded redesign of several other AP science courses, will provide the framework for developing the new course's curriculum. Specific deliverables of the proposal will be: 1) the AP CS Principles course; 2) the design of course pilots in both secondary and post-secondary settings; 3) implementation of the pilots and curriculum evaluations; and 4) a suite of computer-based, prototype assessment items.