CPATH-1: Computational Thinking Evolution to Studio-Based Active Learning

该CPATH项目通过将基于工作室的学习和主动学习经验整合到本科计算学生的早期经验中，振兴了佛罗里达A M大学的本科计算教育。通过与奥本大学的合作，该项目适应了一个成功的CPATH项目的方法，以佛罗里达A M设置。 这种方法的灵感来自于人类语言学习的隐喻，即人类在写作之前通过一系列主动沉浸来学习自然语言。 主动学习应该提高学生的参与度，并发展一个学习者社区，为学生提供社会和学术支持，将计算机科学的挑战转化为学习经验，而不是障碍。该项目的智力价值在于项目的强大概念基础和合作研究团队。该项目包括重要的评估和传播，应提供重要的见解，计算的学习，计算教育的学科。更广泛的影响，包括生产的方法和工件，可以广泛使用。该项目影响两个社区，计算机科学专业和非专业采取以软件为中心的扫盲课程。这将扩大本科计算管道中的学生人数，以及由此产生的全国计算劳动力。

This CPATH project revitalizes undergraduate computing education at Florida A&M University through integrating studio-based learning and active learning experiences into the early experiences of undergraduate computing students. Through collaboration with Auburn University, the project adapts the methodology of a successful CPATH project to the Florida A&M setting. The approach is inspired by a human-language learning metaphor in which humans learn their natural language by a series of active immersions before writing. Active learning should increase the engagement of students and develop a community of learners that provides the social and academic support for students to turn the challenges of computer science into learning experiences instead of barriers.The intellectual merit of the project lies in the strong conceptual basis for the project and the collaborative team of investigators. The project includes significant evaluation and dissemination that should provide significant insights into the learning of computing to the discipline of computing education.The broader impacts include the production of approaches and artifacts that can be used widely. The project impacts two communities, computer science majors and non-majors taking a software-centric literacy course. This should broaden the pool of students in the undergraduate computing pipeline and the resulting computing workforce within the nation.