Creating Practical Active Learning Stations to Transform and Improve Existing Learning Environments for Computer Science Students

创建实用的主动学习站来改造和改善计算机科学学生现有的学习环境

• 批准号: 1608043
• 负责人: Jesse Eickholt
• 金额: $ 26.76万
• 依托单位: Central Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1608043&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creating; Practical; Active; Learning; Stations

Active Learning and Active Learning Classrooms have proven themselves as a valuable means to better engage STEM students, enhance their learning experience and increase their performance with respect to learning outcomes. One difficulty in providing more student access to Active Learning Classrooms is the associated cost of constructing or retrofitting existing classrooms is expensive and cost prohibitive for many institutions. Newer, more economical tools and approaches are needed to increase access and the evaluation of this new technology will add to a growing body of knowledge as to how Active Learning Technology and pedagogy work together to enhance student collaboration in the classroom and increase student performance and satisfaction in introductory Computer Science courses.This project will develop, deploy and evaluate an economical means of adapting existing classrooms to facilitate Active Learning for Computer Science students. Lightweight, commodity hardware running flexible, open-source software will be used to create a network of self-contained practical, active learning stations (PALS). These stations will then be deployed in an existing classroom to transform it into an Active Learning Classroom. The effectiveness of the PALS system will be evaluated through qualitative and quantitative data collected on student learning outcomes for CS1 and CS2 and perceived learning experience.

主动学习和主动学习课堂已被证明是一种宝贵的手段，可以更好地吸引 STEM 学生、增强他们的学习体验并提高他们在学习成果方面的表现。让更多学生进入主动学习课堂的一个困难是，建造或改造现有教室的相关成本非常昂贵，对于许多机构来说成本过高。需要更新、更经济的工具和方法来增加接触机会，对这项新技术的评估将增加越来越多的知识体系，了解主动学习技术和教学法如何协同工作，增强学生在课堂上的协作，提高学生在计算机科学入门课程中的表现和满意度。该项目将开发、部署和评估一种经济的方法，以适应现有的课堂，以促进计算机科学学生的主动学习。运行灵活的开源软件的轻量级商用硬件将用于创建一个独立的实用主动学习站（PALS）网络。然后，这些工作站将部署在现有教室中，将其改造成主动学习教室。 PALS 系统的有效性将通过收集的关于学生 CS1 和 CS2 学习成果以及感知学习体验的定性和定量数据进行评估。