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。这种方法撒下了广泛的网络，通过他们已经参加的 STEM 课程向不同类型的学生（包括来自传统上代表性不足群体的学生）介绍 CT 技能。目的是让学生了解计算不仅仅是编程，它是贯穿现代 STEM 领域的一项重要技能。除了嵌入式 CT 活动外，该项目还将开发一门全年课程，探索数学、物理、化学、生物学和地球/环境科学等一系列学科的计算方法的使用。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 计划“Reach for the Stars”的基础上，该计划将 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展 CT 活动。当前的提案将使用这套丰富的初始 CT 活动作为开发 60 个可嵌入传统 STEM 课程的细化 CT 活动的起点。两个夏季专业发展研讨会和正在进行的周六课程将用于培训由 30 名试点教师组成的团队，以在其 STEM 课堂上测试 CT 活动。这些专业发展资源随后将被修改，以便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的 CT 学习和态度收获，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.