CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Computing MATTERS: Pathways to Cyberinfrastructure

CI-TEAM 实施项目：计算事项：网络基础设施之路

• 批准号: 1041391
• 负责人: Robert Panoff
• 金额: $ 87.5万
• 依托单位: Shodor Education Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1041391&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CI; TEAM; Implementation; Project; Computing

For nearly a decade, supported with funding from NSF and private and corporate foundations, students in and near Durham have benefited from the workshops, apprenticeships, and internships offered by Shodor, a national resource in computational science education. Funding from CI-TEAM, ITEST and NSDL programs have provided the "AdVenture Capital" for Shodor to try novel outreach efforts to excite and attract students to consider study and careers in science, mathematics, and medicine. The result is Computing MATTERS, a coherent continuum of other than school-time activities from upper elementary grades through college for students to encounter the excitement of discovery, the power of inquiry, and the joy of learning enabled by cyberinfrastructure technologies. Leveraging this tested and proven model that combines training of teachers and near-peer exploration leaders, effective STEM education experiences for students at all levels, advancement of students from diverse backgrounds to positions of leadership, and continuous mentoring, Shodor has developed a partnership with universities, community centers, school districts and Sigma Xi to extend Computing MATTERS first to a wide geographic area reaching the very corners of the Research Triangle, and then to span the state of North Carolina. In Computing MATTERS, "MATTERS" is itself an acronym and has meaning in its own right: Mentoring Academic Transitions Through Experiences in Research and Service. The program combines the best of Shodor's efforts from workshops, apprenticeships and internships that have developed along the lines of the goals of CI-TEAM from the beginning. We help elementary and middle school students build and sustain an interest in science, mathematics, and technology through their high school years, and help high school students to see themselves being successful and happy pursuing studies in college and careers in STEM areas, while offering internships for college students to serve as developers and mentors in the program. We want to build self-sustaining local infrastructures, adapting the best features of Shodor's local initiatives, while expanding the mentor base to include colleges and universities and members of Sigma Xi living and working in North Carolina. Intellectual Merit: Computing "matters" because quantitative reasoning, computational thinking, and multiscale modeling are the intellectual "heart and soul" of 21st Century science and therefore are the essential skills of the 21st Century workforce. Computing "matters" because it moves students others have identified as "at risk" to students self-identified as "competent, capable, motivated, and employable." Computing "matters" because we can demonstrate the power of interactive computing to help reach a deeper understanding of math and science, while making the science "minds on" as well as "hands on." This implementation project will test the viability of the Shodor framework for sustainable outreach. Broader Impact: Computational explorations provide the context-rich experiences that attract otherwise underrepresented groups into STEM areas. We are scaling our work by demonstrating that Computing MATTERS works beyond Shodor, serving as a model for dissemination of successful programs. Our goal is to enable students all over North Carolina, and the nation eventually, to share the same growth from excitement to experience to expertise through research opportunities and service as students in Shodor's hometown. Materials will be vetted through the rigorous Verification, Validation, Accreditation (VVA) process employed by Shodor's Computational Science Education Reference Desk CSERD, a Pathway portal of the National Science Digital Library; research and evaluation results will be featured in the Journal of Computational Science Education.

近十年来，在NSF以及私人和企业基金会的资助下，达勒姆及其附近的学生受益于Shodor提供的研讨会、学徒和实习机会，Shodor是一家全国性的计算科学教育资源。CI-Team、ITEST和NSDL项目的资助为Shodor提供了“冒险资本”，以尝试新颖的外展努力，激发和吸引学生考虑在科学、数学和医学领域学习和职业。其结果是Computing Matters，这是一个连贯的连续体，从小学高年级到大学，除了学校时间的活动外，学生们可以体验到发现的兴奋、探究的力量，以及通过网络基础设施技术实现的学习的喜悦。Shodor利用这一经过测试和验证的模式，将教师和近同行探索领导者的培训、为各级学生提供的有效STEM教育经验、将来自不同背景的学生提升到领导职位以及持续指导结合在一起，与大学、社区中心、学区和Sigma Xi建立了合作伙伴关系，将Computing Matters首先扩展到广泛的地理区域，到达Research三角的每一个角落，然后跨越北卡罗来纳州。在“计算重要”一书中，“Matters”本身就是一个首字母缩写，本身就有意义：通过研究和服务的经验来指导学术过渡。该计划结合了Shodor从研讨会、学徒和实习中所做的最好的努力，这些工作从一开始就沿着CI-Team的目标发展起来。我们帮助中小学生在整个高中阶段建立和保持对科学、数学和技术的兴趣，帮助高中生在大学学习和STEM领域的职业生涯中看到自己的成功和快乐，同时为大学生提供实习机会，让他们在项目中担任开发人员和导师。我们希望建立自给自足的当地基础设施，适应Shodor当地计划的最佳特点，同时扩大导师基础，将学院和大学以及在北卡罗来纳州生活和工作的Sigma Xi成员包括在内。智力价值：计算“很重要”，因为定量推理、计算思维和多尺度建模是21世纪科学的智力“核心和灵魂”，因此是21世纪劳动力的基本技能。计算“很重要”，因为它把被其他人认定为“有风险”的学生转移到自我认定为“有能力、有能力、有上进心、可就业”的学生。计算“很重要”，因为我们可以展示交互计算的力量，帮助我们加深对数学和科学的理解，同时让科学既“思考”，又“动手”。这一实施项目将检验Shodor可持续外联框架的可行性。更广泛的影响：计算探索提供了丰富的背景经验，吸引了原本代表不足的群体进入STEM领域。我们正在扩大我们的工作范围，展示了Computer Matters的工作超越了Shodor，成为传播成功计划的典范。我们的目标是让北卡罗来纳州的学生，乃至整个国家，通过研究机会和服务，分享与肖多尔家乡的学生一样的从兴奋到经验再到专业知识的成长。材料将通过Shodor的计算科学教育参考服务台CSERD(国家科学数字图书馆的路径门户网站)采用的严格验证、验证和认可(VVA)程序进行审查；研究和评估结果将发表在《计算科学教育杂志》上。