RET Site: Computing Research Experiences for STEM Teachers (CREST)

该奖项为加州大学戴维斯分校专注于机器人技术的新教师研究经验（RET）网站提供资金。45名在职和职前计算机科学和STEM教师将与教师导师配对，在为期六周的暑期课程中进行与计算和机器人技术相关的前沿研究。 RET教师还将开发课程材料，将计算概念融入STEM学科，并在学年期间在课堂上开展相关的研究活动。 该计划包括两个系列的研讨会和一个夏季研讨会，以探讨对教师的知识，经验和教学实践的影响，并接触到当地社区的其他教师。 基金会的研究员将成为大师级教师，并协助其他中学教师进行计算机专业发展，从而扩大该项目的影响力和可持续性。智力优势：该项目的智力优势在于强大的研究导师团队和该项目在大学的良好基础设施。 该项目以先前的研究和试点研究为基础。 这些项目是令人信服的和当前的兴趣，是令人兴奋的教师和学生。 新的研究为基础的课程在学校实施学年期间应提供重要的研究为基础的方法，发展计算思维能力在K-12 level.Broader影响：该计划计划的目标是在职教师从约洛县学区以及职前教育的学生在大学。 目标学校有大量代表性不足和经济上处于不利地位的学生，他们将受到影响。 在国内和国际上传播这些成果和教材将为推广和扩大影响开辟道路，这对将基本概念带入K-12竞技场是普遍和根本的。

This award provides funding for a new Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on robotics at the University of California-Davis. Forty five in-service and pre-service computer science and STEM teachers will be paired with faculty mentors to conduct cutting-edge research related to computing and robotics during a six week summer program. The RET teachers will also develop curricular materials for the integration of computing concepts into STEM disciplines and implement related research-based activities in their classrooms during the academic year. The program includes two sequences of workshops and a summer symposium to explore the impact on the teachers' knowledge, experiences, and instructional practice and to reach out to other teachers in the local community. The RET Fellows will become master teachers and assist in providing other secondary school teachers with professional development in computing, thereby broadening the impact and sustainability of the project.Intellectual merit: The intellectual merit of this project lies with the strong research mentor team and excellent infrastructure at the university for the project. The project builds on prior research and pilot studies. The projects are compelling and of current interest and are exciting for teachers and their students. The new research-based curriculum implemented In schools during the academic year should provide important research-based methods for developing computational thinking competencies at the K-12 level.Broader impacts: The program plans to target in-service teachers from the Yolo county school district as well as pre-service education students at the university. The target schools have a large population of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students who will be impacted. National and international dissemination of the results and the curricular materials will open the pathways for replication and broader impact that is pervasive and fundamental to moving the underlying concepts into the K-12 arena.