Diversifying CS with a Biology-themed Introductory CS Course at a Large, Diverse Public University

这个项目将创建一个介绍性的计算机科学课程与生物学的主题，通过调整和修改现有的课程在一个小的私立学院开发，在芝加哥伊利诺伊大学使用。 该项目的目标是吸引更多的女性学习计算机科学，使生物学学生能够使用计算和计算思维的力量。 在不同的学术环境中大规模实施这门课程，将导致这门课程的一个版本被更广泛地采用。 一个强有力的传播计划将提高对这项工作的认识，并将导致在国家一级更广泛地采用这门课程，该项目的研究部分将对知识库作出重大贡献，了解是什么吸引妇女和代表性不足的群体学习计算机，以及在小型大学环境中教授这门课程所取得的成果是否可以在大型公共机构中复制。 该项目将衡量学生的态度和能力，在计算使用各种方法，包括计算机科学态度调查。 结果将是衡量学生学习计算机科学的信心，他们对计算机科学成功的态度，他们对计算机科学作为男性领域的看法，他们对计算机科学有用性的看法，以及他们对计算机科学的动机

This project will create an introductory Computer Science course with a Biology theme, by adapting and modifying an existing course developed at a small private college, for use at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The goal of the project is to attract more women to computer science and enable biology students to use the power of computing and computational thinking. Implementing this course at a large scale, in a different academic setting, will result in a version of the course that will be more widely adoptable. A robust dissemination plan will raise awareness of the work, and will result in broader adoption of the course at a national level.The research component of this project will make significant contributions to the knowledge base about what attracts women and under-represented groups to computing and whether or not the results that were obtained when this course was taught in a small college setting can be replicated at a large public institution. The project will measure student attitudes and capabilities in computing using a variety of methods including the Computer Science Attitudes Survey. The result will be a measure of student confidence learning computer science, their attitude toward success in computer science, their view of computer science as a male domain, their view of the usefulness of computer science, and their motivation in computer science