Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation in Computer Science: AP Computer Science Principles Phase II

合作研究：扩大计算机科学的参与：AP 计算机科学原理第二阶段

• 批准号: 1246957
• 负责人: Amy Briggs
• 金额: $ 21.8万
• 依托单位: Middlebury College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-15 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1246957&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Broadening; Participation; Computer

The College Board, in collaboration with Duke University and Middlebury College, proposes to extend the developmental work accomplished during the NSF-supported project "Using Computational Thinking to Model a New Course: Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP I; NSF award #0938336)." That effort led to the design of a new introductory computing course -- Computer Science Principles (CSP) -- that aims to reach a broad, diverse audience of high school students with rich computer science content and exciting pedagogy, while meeting the rigor and high standards of the AP program. AP CSP will enable students to explore the creative aspects of the field and will provide a solid academic foundation for understanding the deep intellectual and practical contributions of computing. This follow-on project -- Advanced Placement® Computer Science Principles Phase II (AP® CSP II) -- will extend that developmental work by completing all tasks required for deployment of the AP CSP exam during academic year 2016-17. To meet the goal of this project and to support the CS 10K initiative's interest in developing assessments and models of delivery, teacher professional development, and AP support materials, the AP CSP II project will (1) complete the assessment design to support the learning objectives of the AP CSP Curriculum Framework, pilot implementation, and scoring of the computer-based exam, and (2) conduct formative and summative evaluation of AP CSP II activities, with a focus on determining the extent to which the assessment tasks measure the learning objectives and whether the course and various assessments foster participation and success in computer science education, especially among students traditionally underrepresented in computer science.

大学理事会与杜克大学和米德尔伯里学院合作，建议扩展NSF支持的项目“使用计算思维建模新课程：高级安置计算机科学原理”（AP CSP I; NSF奖#0938336）期间完成的开发工作。“这一努力导致了一个新的入门计算课程的设计-计算机科学原理（CSP）-旨在达到广泛，多样化的高中学生观众丰富的计算机科学内容和令人兴奋的教学法，同时满足AP程序的严格性和高标准。 AP CSP将使学生能够探索该领域的创造性方面，并为理解计算的深层智力和实践贡献提供坚实的学术基础。 这个后续项目- Advanced Placement® Computer Science Principles Phase II（AP CSP II）-将通过完成2016-17学年AP CSP考试部署所需的所有任务来扩展开发工作。 为了实现本项目的目标，并支持CS 10 K计划在开发评估和交付模式、教师专业发展和AP支持材料方面的兴趣，AP CSP II项目将（1）完成评估设计，以支持AP CSP课程框架的学习目标，试点实施和基于计算机的考试评分，以及（2）对AP CSP II活动进行形成性和总结性评估，重点是确定评估任务在多大程度上衡量了学习目标，以及课程和各种评估是否促进了计算机科学教育的参与和成功，特别是在计算机科学传统上代表性不足的学生中。