Can Ethics Instruction Improve Students' Technical Skills in Computer Science?

道德指导可以提高学生的计算机科学技术技能吗？

• 批准号: 1044207
• 负责人: Keith Miller
• 金额: $ 18.36万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Springfield
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1044207&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ethics; Instruction; Improve; Students; Technical

This project adds online ethics instruction to introductory Java and C++ programming courses. By means of a controlled experiment, the investigators address the question: Can ethics instruction replace some technical material while simultaneously improving students' technical learning? An experimental group receives the ethics materials early in the course and some technical material is delayed; the control group receives the ethics materials later in the course. Midterm and end of term assessments are used to determine whether there is a difference in learning gains, both technical and ethical, between the two groups. A set of online materials focused on ethics for computing professionals is under development. Participating faculty are from both four-year institutions and community colleges. The online modules allow a large, diverse population of students to be reached, consequently ensuring that the results are broadly applicable. They will be posted online and available for adoption by other institutions at the end of the project.Ethically aware computer professionals can be expected to broadly impact the software industry and all users by producing more reliable, safer computer systems that are more appropriate for user needs. Furthermore, an increased emphasis on relevant social issues in computing is likely to increase participation by women and other groups underrepresented in computing.

该项目在Java和C++编程入门课程中增加了在线道德指导。 通过对照实验，调查人员解决的问题：道德教育可以取代一些技术材料，同时提高学生的技术学习？ 实验组在课程的早期收到伦理材料，一些技术材料被推迟;控制组在课程的后期收到伦理材料。 期中和期末评估用于确定两组之间在技术和道德方面的学习成果是否存在差异。 目前正在编制一套侧重于计算机专业人员道德问题的在线材料。参与的教师来自四年制院校和社区学院。 在线模块可以接触到大量不同的学生，从而确保结果广泛适用。 项目结束时，它们将在网上发布并供其他机构采用。具有道德意识的计算机专业人员预计将通过生产更可靠、更安全、更适合用户需求的计算机系统来广泛影响软件行业和所有用户。 此外，更加重视计算方面的相关社会问题，可能会增加妇女和其他在计算方面代表性不足的群体的参与。