HBCU-UP TIP: Increasing and Retaining Computer Science majors at Hampton University through Computational Thinking and Curriculum Reformation

汉普顿大学建议实施HBCU-UP有针对性的注入项目，以改革三门计算机科学入门课程，并为计算机科学，工程和数学专业开发密集的计算夏桥计划，以提高学生的学习成绩，增加保留率，提高毕业率，特别是计算机科学专业的学生。PI建议通过将计算思维融入低水平课程，加强学生解决问题和批判性思维的能力。这一战略将与大学预科暑期课程相结合，该课程旨在向未来的学生灌输在网关课程中取得成功的先决条件技能。拟议的项目是为了响应可观察到的入学和课程完成数据，学术支持计划的结果，和学生调查。它将采用一个循环模式作为框架，将计算思维和编程概念纳入学习单元，并评估学习成果。教师还将采用和评估已被证明对STEM学生有效的学习技术的影响，并为汉普顿和其他寻求解决类似问题的机构制定未来相关的概念。

Hampton University proposes to implement an HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project to reform three computer science gateway courses and to develop an intensive computing summer bridge program for computer science, engineering, and mathematics majors in an effort to enhance student academic performance, increase retention, and improve graduation rates, particularly for computer science students. The PIs propose to strengthen the students' problem-solving and critical thinking skills by integrating computational thinking into lower-level courses. This strategy will be coupled with a pre-college summer program that will be designed to inculcate the prerequisite skills among prospective students for success in the gateway courses. The proposed project is in response to observable enrollment and course completion data, results of academic support programs, and student surveys. It will implement a cyclical model as the framework to integrate computational thinking and programming concepts in learning modules and to assess learning outcomes. Faculty also will employ and assess the impact of learning techniques that have been proven effective for STEM students and develop future concepts relevant for Hampton and other institutions seeking to address similar problems.