New, GK-12: Computing in Context: Advancing Computational Thinking in the Classroom through Applied Computational Research

拟议的项目，通过计算思维发现科学（DISSECT），建立在计算在所有传统科学中的基本作用。该项目的驱动力是在传统科学学科中注入计算思维的原则，为科学发现和刺激STEM学习创造新的机会。该项目旨在开发NMSU，K-12学校和当地学区之间的合作模式，以促进新一代全面的计算机科学家（GK-12研究员）的发展，能够将他们的研究带到更广泛的科学竞技场，并具有必要的沟通和领导技能，在他们特定的CS学科之外运作。通过与K-12教师和NMSU教师的创新合作模式，GK-12研究员的科学探索将在新的教育模块和活动中发展，这将在丰富和振兴K-12课程的一般STEM内容方面发挥至关重要的作用。该项目建议引入计算思维作为实现这些结果的工具。从长远来看，接触计算概念将培养学生的CS基础。该项目将在充实初中/高中STEM教师方面发挥重要作用。短期的努力将培养K-12学生的批判性思维和解决问题的能力;长期来看，它将在缓解美国熟练计算机专业人员短缺方面发挥作用。

The proposed project, DIScover SciEnce through Computational Thinking (DISSECT), builds on the fundamental role computing has gained within all traditional sciences. The driving force of the project is the infusion of principles of computational thinking in traditional scientific disciplines, creating new opportunities for scientific discovery and for stimulating learning of STEM. The project seeks to develop a collaborative model among NMSU, K-12 schools, and local school districts, to foster the development of a new generation of well-rounded computer scientists (the GK-12 fellows), capable of carrying their research to a broader scientific arena, and with the communication and leadership skills necessary to operate outside their specific CS discipline. Through an innovative collaboration model with K-12 teachers and NMSU faculty members, the GK-12 fellows' scientific exploration will develop in novel educational modules and activities, which will play a vital role in enriching and revitalizing the general STEM content of K-12 curricula. The project proposes to introduce computational thinking as the tool to achieve these results. In the long term, the exposure to computational concepts will train students in foundations of CS. The project will play a vital role in the enrichment of middle/high school STEM teachers. Short term efforts will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in K-12 students; long term, it will play a part in alleviating the shortage of skilled computing professionals in the United States.