CS 10K: Educational Media to Advance Computer Science (EMACS)

CS 10K：推进计算机科学的教育媒体 (EMACS)

• 批准号: 1339104
• 负责人: Richard Hudson
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Twin Cities Public Television
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1339104&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CS; 10K; Educational; Media; Advance

Twin Cities Public TV pilot project--Educational Media to Advance Computer Science (EMACS)--is a collaboration of Twin Cities Public Television (tpt), the Department of Computer Science at Carleton College, and the STEM Education Center at the University of Minnesota. The goal of the pilot project is to establish the effectiveness of a media-based instructional model to enhance high school computer science teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge and ability to teach Advanced Placement® Computer Science Principles (AP® CSP). The EMACS Pilot will involve students in a media-enhanced exploration of infrastructure systems to increase their awareness and understanding of real-world applications of computer science and the importance of computational thinking in everyday life. Deliverables will include a standards- aligned, media-based supplementary curriculum module that promotes inquiry-driven investigation of how computer science is applied to infrastructure systems, a detailed outline of a teacher professional development (PD) program, a wireframe model of an online environment for the teacher PD experience, and a formative evaluation on the appeal and educational impact of the module on students and their teachers. The alignment of the pilot module with the concepts and computational thinking practices that comprise the AP CSP course will be facilitated by active involvement with representatives from the College Board, the AP CSP course development team, and an external project advisory group. A selection of the seven "Big Ideas" within that framework (i.e., Creativity, Abstraction, Data, Algorithms, Programming, Internet, and Impact) will be brought to life through video and an applied programming activity. The project will employ the graphical programming environment Scratch, providing a rich platform for building simulations of infrastructure systems. Building on an award-winning track record of using video of "real kids doing real science" as a tool to foster interest in STEM and model scientific processes (e.g., tpt's PBS series DragonflyTV and SciGirls and related learning and professional development tools), coupled with the University of Minnesota's research on teacher training and impactful and integrated STEM learning opportunities for diverse learners, the EMACS pilot will demonstrate a new approach to support and enhance AP CSP courses. The formative evaluation of the pilot will demonstrate the potential of the model to 1) engage students and improve their understanding of applications of computer science, and 2) improve teachers' understanding and ability to teach core AP CSP principles.

双子城公共电视试点项目-教育媒体促进计算机科学（EMACS）-是双子城公共电视台（tpt），卡尔顿学院计算机科学系和明尼苏达大学STEM教育中心的合作。该试点项目的目标是建立一个基于媒体的教学模式的有效性，以提高高中计算机科学教师的内容和教学知识和能力，教先进的安置®计算机科学原理（AP® CSP）。EMACS试点将让学生参与基础设施系统的媒体增强探索，以提高他们对计算机科学现实应用的认识和理解，以及计算思维在日常生活中的重要性。可供选择的课程将包括一个与标准一致的、基于媒体的补充课程模块，该模块促进了对计算机科学如何应用于基础设施系统的探究驱动的调查，教师专业发展（PD）计划的详细大纲，教师PD体验的在线环境的线框模型，以及该模块对学生及其教师的吸引力和教育影响的形成性评估。试点模块与AP CSP课程的概念和计算思维实践的一致性将通过与大学理事会，AP CSP课程开发团队和外部项目咨询小组的代表积极参与来促进。在该框架内选择七个“大想法”（即，创造力，抽象，数据，算法，编程，互联网和影响）将通过视频和应用编程活动带来生活。该项目将采用图形编程环境Scratch，为构建基础设施系统的模拟提供丰富的平台。在使用“真实的孩子做真实的科学”的视频作为工具来培养对STEM和模型科学过程的兴趣的屡获殊荣的记录的基础上（例如，tpt的PBS系列节目DragonflyTV和SciGirls以及相关的学习和专业发展工具），再加上明尼苏达大学关于教师培训的研究以及为不同学习者提供有影响力且综合的STEM学习机会，EMACS试点将展示一种支持和增强AP的新方法CSP课程。试点的形成性评估将展示该模型的潜力，1）吸引学生并提高他们对计算机科学应用的理解，2）提高教师对AP CSP核心原则的理解和教学能力。