Collaborative Research: EAGER: Computational Thinking Olympiad

这个项目的重点是为一个自给自足的组织发展基础设施，这个组织可以管理、发展和宣传让年轻学生(初中和初中)参与计算思维的奥林匹克竞赛。一个很大的组成部分是在美国选定的几个城市创建试点奥运会。这个项目的具体目标包括：(1)确定一套基本技能，这些技能是计算思维的基础，可以在大学和高中之前教授；(2)确定一种吸引各种学生的问题和情景风格；(3)实施一套培训课程和竞赛问题，以例证这些基本技能。创建计算思维奥林匹克大赛的主要原因有两个。首先，向该领域潜在的研究人员和实践者的广泛受众展示计算思维的基本原理，从而增加计算的参与度和多样性。第二，确保项目以外的长期影响。计算思维奥林匹克大赛的成功将对我们的社会产生重大影响，因为它将向中学生介绍计算思维的广度和深度：(1)鼓励学生在一个既合作又竞争的舞台上享受计算思维的乐趣；(2)鼓励学生从事计算教育；(3)将计算的未插入部分介绍给那些无法接触到插入部分的人；以及(4)表明计算思维不是‘仅仅’编程。

This project focuses on developing the infrastructure for a self-sustaining organization that can manage, grow, and evangelize olympiads that involve young students (middle and junior high) in computational thinking. A large component is the creation of pilot olympiads in a select few cities in the United States. Specific goals of this project include: (1) identifying a set of foundational skills that underlie computational thinking that can be taught before college and high school; (2) identifying a style of problems and scenarios that engage a wide variety of students; and (3) implementing a curriculum of training sessions and contest questions that exemplify those foundational skills. There are two broad reasons for creating a Computational Thinking Olympiad. First, to expose the fundamentals of computational thinking to a broad audience of potential researchers and practitioners in the field, thus increasing participation and diversity in computing. Second, to ensure long-lasting impact beyond of this project. The success of the Computational Thinking Olympiad will have a significant impact on our society by introducing middle school students to computational thinking in its breadth and depth: (1) encouraging students to have fun with the computational thinking in an arena that is both cooperative and competitive; (2) encouraging students to pursue education in computing; (3) introducing the unplugged parts of computing to those who have not had access to the plugged-in parts; and (4) showing that computational thinking is not ``just'' programming.