Examining the Factors that Affect the Implementation and Sustainability of Exploring Computer Science (ECS) in School Districts

检查影响学区探索计算机科学 (ECS) 的实施和可持续性的因素

• 批准号: 1339256
• 负责人: Sarah Wille
• 金额: $ 98.41万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1339256&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Examining; Factors; Affect; Implementation; Sustainability

The Research and Evaluation Group at CEMSE (Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education) at the University of Chicago will support the CS 10K effort by contributing to a necessary knowledgebase for CS 10K success through the following project goals: (1) Informing CS 10K leaders and other CS educators about the supports and barriers to wide scale high school CS education implementation and providing strategies for addressing them; (2) Providing tools for measuring CS program implementation and the supports and barriers that affect implementation; and (3) Creating products from research findings and recommendations about implementing and growing CS education. This project builds on CEMSE's previous NSF work rigorously studying implementation of educational innovations (new practices and programs) and the factors that affect innovation implementation and sustainability. The research team will accomplish the project goals by examining implementation of the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) program and identifying the supports for, and barriers to implementation in several large school districts. Specifically, the project will rigorously study ECS implementation in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC with a focus on the factors that currently affect ECS use, with particular attention to how and why these factors vary in the different contexts. The study will focus three research questions: (1) What is the status of ECS implementation in each site?; ( 2) What supports and barriers contribute to or inhibit the implementation and endurance of ECS?; and (3) To what extent do these supports and barriers differ by location and over time? The team will employ a mixed-methods research design using data collected through teacher and student questionnaires; ECS developer, school district personnel, school leader, and teacher interviews; and student focus groups. Researchers will work collaboratively with CS 10K project leaders, CS education advisors, and school and district practitioners to produce findings and share timely and useful information with involved stakeholders through publication, presentations, on-line reports, webinars, and in-person discussions. The study will highlight the challenges to systemic efforts to increase accessibility, quality and quantity of high school CS education and offer recommendations to meet those challenges, ultimately helping the K-12 CS community bring needed programs into schools, and support lasting, systemic change.

芝加哥大学 CEMSE（基础数学和科学教育中心）的研究和评估小组将通过以下项目目标，为 CS 10K 的成功提供必要的知识库，从而支持 CS 10K 的努力： (1) 向 CS 10K 领导者和其他 CS 教育者通报大规模高中 CS 教育实施的支持和障碍，并提供解决这些问题的策略； （2）提供衡量CS计划实施情况的工具以及影响实施的支持和障碍； (3) 根据有关实施和发展计算机科学教育的研究结果和建议创建产品。该项目建立在 CEMSE 之前 NSF 工作的基础上，严格研究教育创新的实施（新实践和计划）以及影响创新实施和可持续性的因素。研究团队将通过检查探索计算机科学 (ECS) 计划的实施情况并确定几个大型学区实施的支持和障碍来实现项目目标。具体来说，该项目将严格研究芝加哥、洛杉矶和华盛顿特区的 ECS 实施，重点关注当前影响 ECS 使用的因素，特别关注这些因素在不同环境中的变化方式和原因。该研究将集中三个研究问题：（1）每个站点的 ECS 实施状况如何？ (2) 哪些支持和障碍有助于或抑制 ECS 的实施和持久？ (3) 这些支持和障碍因地点和时间的不同而有多大程度的差异？该团队将采用混合方法研究设计，利用通过教师和学生问卷收集的数据； ECS开发者、学区人员、学校领导、教师访谈；和学生焦点小组。研究人员将与 CS 10K 项目负责人、CS 教育顾问以及学校和地区从业者合作，通过出版物、演示、在线报告、网络研讨会和面对面讨论，得出研究结果并与相关利益相关者分享及时和有用的信息。 该研究将强调提高高中计算机科学教育的可及性、质量和数量的系统性努力所面临的挑战，并提供应对这些挑战的建议，最终帮助 K-12 计算机科学社区将所需的项目引入学校，并支持持久的系统性变革。