Collaborative Research: Peer Instruction in Computer Science

协作研究：计算机科学中的同伴指导

• 批准号: 1140731
• 负责人: Elizabeth Simon
• 金额: $ 11.15万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140731&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Peer; Instruction; Computer

This collaborative project builds on existing STEM education knowledge by examining the value, adaptability, and adoptability of Peer Instruction (PI) in the computing classroom at three different types of institutions. The work develops and disseminates curricular materials (including reading quizzes, exploratory homework, PI clicker questions with supporting meta-data) for six computer science courses at different levels in the curriculum: CS0, CS1, CS2, computer organization, computer architecture, and theory of computation. Peer Instruction materials previously developed for CS1 in media computation and the proposed AP CS Principles course (in Alice) are being expanded and disseminated along with the newly developed PI materials through a publicly available web-site, a workshop, conference presentations, and publications.The broader impact of this work is to dramatically improve both classroom climate and learning gains by bringing a student-centered learning environment, Peer Instruction, to a range of computing courses. The project evaluates the classroom materials, the faculty experiences, and the student learning gains. A preliminary exploration is done of supportive processes to enable PI adoption by other faculty through a variety of methods. Additionally, the project assesses and reports on various forms of learning gains and student attitudes that result from PI use in the four higher level courses using a variety of techniques including: pre- and post-tests, comparative exam performance evaluation, common clicker questions during class-time, and an attitudinal survey.

这个合作项目建立在现有的STEM教育知识的基础上，通过研究三种不同类型机构的计算教室中的同伴教学（PI）的价值，适应性和可采用性。这项工作开发和传播课程材料（包括阅读测验，探索性作业，PI点击器问题与支持元数据）的六个计算机科学课程在不同层次的课程：CS0，CS1，CS2，计算机组织，计算机体系结构和计算理论。以前为CS1媒体计算和拟议的AP CS原理课程开发的同行指导材料（在爱丽丝）正在扩大和传播沿着随着新开发的PI材料，通过一个公开的网站，一个研讨会，会议演示文稿，和出版物。这项工作的更广泛的影响是显着改善课堂气氛和学习成果，通过带来一个以学生为中心的学习环境，同伴指导，到一系列的计算机课程。 该项目评估课堂材料，教师的经验，和学生的学习收益。初步探索的支持过程，使PI通过其他教师通过各种方法。此外，该项目评估和报告的各种形式的学习成果和学生的态度，导致PI使用在四个更高层次的课程，使用各种技术，包括：前和后测试，比较考试成绩评估，在课堂上常见的点击器问题，和态度调查。