TUES: Transforming the Freshman Experience of Computing Majors

该项目正在开发，交付和评估一个创新的第一年研讨会，旨在提高学生，特别是妇女和那些代表性不足的群体的保留，完成和成功的计算专业。成功的第一年工程课程，入门计算课程，一般第一年研讨会，和新的AP CS原理课程的元素联合收割机相结合，创建一个研讨会，提供新的计算专业的学科，基础技术技能，一组设计经验和相关的专业发展的概述。一个由计算机教授、有学生事务经验的工作人员和本科生组成的团队正在提供这门高度互动和以学习者为中心的课程。同侪导师促进队列建设，并提供非正式的建议，而本科同侪教师直接支持学习。该项目正在开发一种新的课程模式和材料，这些模式和材料以关于学生成功的研究文献为基础，在计算机学科的入门课程中开发一个同行领导的团队学习框架，并对这些活动的成果进行全面评估。这一干预措施正在改进计算机和技术初级课程的教学方法，方法是评估可提高一般学生，特别是妇女和代表性不足的少数民族学生的保留率和成功率的干预措施，从而为解决重要问题提供更大和更丰富的人才库。该项目还包括区域研讨会，与当地两年制和四年制院校的计算机教师分享课程材料和见解。

This project is developing, delivering and evaluating an innovative first-year seminar for computing majors that is designed to increase retention, completion, and success among students, especially women and those from underrepresented groups. Elements from successful first-year engineering courses, introductory computing courses, general first-year seminars, and the new AP CS Principles course combine to create a seminar that provides new computing majors with an overview of the discipline, foundational technical skills, a group design experience, and relevant professional development. A team of computing professors, staff with student affairs experience, and undergraduate students is delivering this highly interactive and learner-centered course. Peer mentors facilitate cohort building and provide informal advice, while undergraduate peer teachers directly support learning. The project is developing a novel course model and materials that are grounded in the research literature on student success, developing a framework for peer-led team learning in introductory courses in computing disciplines, and performing a thorough assessment of the outcomes of these activities. This intervention is improving the pedagogy in beginning computing and technology courses by assessing interventions that increase the retention and success of students in general, and women and underrepresented minorities in particular, resulting in a larger and richer pool of talent to solve important problems. The project also includes regional workshops to share course materials and insights with computing faculty from local two and four- year institutions.