Research Initiation Grant: Applying Second Language Acquisition to Facilitate a Blended Learning of Programming Languages

研究启动资助：应用第二语言习得促进编程语言的混合学习

• 批准号: 1441825
• 负责人: Lulu Sun
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• 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: 2014-08-15 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441825&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Initiation; Grant; Applying; Second

This research-initiation grant seeks to fundamentally change how students learn programming using Second Language Acquisition and Blended Learning (SLA-aBLe). This approach can be easily transferred to K-12 curricula, increasing access to STEM learning for diverse student populations. By developing an engineering faculty member's expertise in engineering education research, it will enhance communication and collaboration among faculty members and student researchers in different disciplines.The project seeks to apply well-developed cognitive frameworks in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) to develop a new Blended Learning (aBLe) approach to teaching programming languages. This approach will accommodate a variety of learning needs and abilities, while potentially increasing student engagement in online components. It will provide better preparation for face-to-face classes that will emphasize the problem solving needed in other general education courses instead of just keywords, syntax, and symbols. It will also encourage the development of problem solving skills students need to persist in a lifetime of learning.

这项研究启动拨款旨在从根本上改变学生使用第二语言习得和混合学习(SLA-Able)学习编程的方式。这种方法可以很容易地转移到K-12课程，增加不同学生群体学习STEM的机会。通过发展工程教师在工程教育研究方面的专业知识，该项目将加强不同学科的教师和学生研究人员之间的沟通和合作。该项目旨在将成熟的认知框架应用于第二语言习得(SLA)，以开发一种新的混合学习(ABLE)方法来教授编程语言。这种方法将适应不同的学习需求和能力，同时潜在地提高学生对在线组件的参与度。它将为面授课程提供更好的准备，这些课程将强调在其他普通教育课程中所需的问题解决，而不仅仅是关键词、语法和符号。它还将鼓励学生解决问题的技能的发展，学生需要坚持终身学习。