Type 1: Casting a Wide Net: Applied Computational Thinking

西北大学提议开发可嵌入现有高中STEM课程的计算思维（CT）活动。该方法撒下了一张广泛的网，通过他们已经参加的STEM课程，向各种各样的学生（包括那些来自传统上代表性不足的群体的学生）介绍了CT技能。这样做的目的是让学生们明白，计算不仅仅是编程，它是现代STEM领域普遍存在的一项重要技能。除了嵌入式CT活动外，该项目还将开发一门为期一年的课程，探索计算方法在数学、物理、化学、生物和地球/环境科学等学科中的应用。该项目建立在与当地学校和教师的现有合作伙伴关系以及NSF GK12项目“Reach for the Stars”的基础上，该项目将CS/STEM学科的研究生与当地初中和高中教师配对，根据研究生的研究开发CT活动。目前的提案将以这些丰富的初始连续油管活动为起点，开发60个可嵌入传统STEM课程的精细连续油管活动。两个夏季专业发展研讨会和正在进行的周六会议将用于培训一个由30名试点教师组成的团队，以在他们的STEM教室中测试CT活动。这些专业发展资源随后将被修订，用于更大规模地复制我们的CT课程。评估研究将记录教师和学生在CT学习和态度上的收获，并为我们的嵌入式CT方法的成功提供初步证据。

Northwestern University proposes to develop computational thinking (CT) activities that can be embedded throughout existing high school STEM curricula. The approach casts a wide net, introducing a diverse range of students (including those from traditionally underrepresented groups) to CT skills through STEM courses that they are already taking. The intent is that students understand that computing is more than programming, it is a vital skill set that pervades modern STEM fields. In addition to the embedded CT activities, the project will develop a full-year course that explores the use of computational methods across a range of disciplines including math, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth/environmental science. This project builds on existing partnerships with local schools and teachers and on an NSF GK12 program, Reach for the Stars, that pairs graduate students in CS/STEM disciplines with local middle and high school teachers to develop CT activities based on the graduate students' research. The current proposal will use this rich set of initial CT activities as a starting point for developing 60 refined CT activities that can be embedded in traditional STEM courses. Two summer professional development workshops and ongoing Saturday sessions will be used to train a team of 30 pilot teachers to test the CT activities in their STEM classrooms. These professional development resources will then be revised for larger-scale replication of our CT curriculum. Evaluation studies will document the CT learning and attitudinal gains for both teachers and students and provide initial evidence on the success of our embedded CT approach.