CS 10K: The Tuskegee Partnership to Establish Computer Science Education in the Alabama Black Belt

CS 10K：塔斯基吉合作伙伴在阿拉巴马州黑带建立计算机科学教育

• 批准号: 1639971
• 负责人: Mohammed Qazi
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee 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 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1639971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CS; 10K; Tuskegee; Partnership; Establish

Tuskegee University is implementing the TU CS10K Project in partnership with Auburn University, the University of Alabama, A+ College Ready, the Alabama State Department of Education, the Black Belt Commission, the Exploring Computer Science Program, the Tuskegee University Computer Science Advisory Board, and 19 school districts in the 17 counties that traditionally constitute the historic Black Belt region of the state of Alabama. Computing impacts almost all aspects of our daily lives and its important that students get the opportunity to study computer science (CS) through formal course work in order to excite them about studies and career opportunities in CS. Yet, the vast majority of high school students in Alabama attend schools that do not offer rigorous CS curriculum. To address this, the TU CS10K Project aims to develop, implement, study and evaluate an ambitious project to establish the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curricula in all 43 high schools of the historic Alabama Black Belt. The TU-CS 10K Project will prepare 60 in-service teachers for ECS instruction in partnering high schools using the ECS model of teacher professional development (PD): a one-week comprehensive Summer Institute followed by face-to-face meetings during the school year, monthly virtual Google Hangouts, an online community of practice, and a follow-on Summer Institute, all of which are designed to prepare teachers for ECS course instruction, focusing both on content and instructional strategies. The PD will be provided by endorsed ECS PD facilitators and assisted by the PIs and CS graduate students; implementation support will be delivered to classroom teachers by teacher Professional Learning Communities. Additionally, recruitment and awareness activities will be carried-out to motivate high school students to take ECS, with the aim of involving 1,500 racially and ethnically diverse male and female 9th and 10th graders. The project's research agenda will advance knowledge in K-12 CS education in high-needs settings, and a rigorous evaluation plan will provide continuous guidance to the PIs to ensure that the project is on track to meet its goals and objectives.

塔斯基吉大学正在与奥本大学、亚拉巴马大学、A+ College Ready、亚拉巴马州教育部、黑带委员会、探索计算机科学计划、塔斯基吉大学计算机科学顾问委员会以及传统上构成亚拉巴马州历史黑带地区的17个县的19个学区合作实施TU CS10 K项目。计算影响我们日常生活的几乎所有方面，重要的是学生有机会通过正式的课程学习计算机科学（CS），以激发他们对CS的学习和职业机会。然而，亚拉巴马绝大多数高中生就读的学校并不提供严格的计算机课程。为了解决这个问题，TU CS10 K项目旨在开发，实施，研究和评估一个雄心勃勃的项目，在历史悠久的亚拉巴马黑带的所有43所高中建立探索计算机科学（ECS）课程。TU-CS 10 K项目将使用教师专业发展（PD）的ECS模式，为合作高中的ECS教学准备60名在职教师：为期一周的综合暑期研究所，然后在学年期间举行面对面会议，每月虚拟Google Hangouts，在线实践社区，以及后续暑期研究所，所有这些都是为了准备教师的ECS课程教学，侧重于内容和教学策略。PD将由认可的ECS PD主持人提供，并由PI和CS研究生协助;实施支持将由教师专业学习社区提供给课堂教师。此外，还将开展招聘和宣传活动，鼓励高中生参加ECS，目的是让1 500名不同种族和族裔的9年级和10年级男女学生参加。 该项目的研究议程将在高需求环境中推进K-12 CS教育的知识，严格的评估计划将为PI提供持续的指导，以确保该项目能够实现其目标和目的。

项目成果

A State-Wide Effort to Provide Access to Authentic Computer Science Education to Underrepresented Populations

全州范围内努力为代表性不足的人群提供真正的计算机科学教育

• DOI: 10.1145/3328778.3366955
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: SIGCSE '20: Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
• 作者: Qazi, Mohammed A.;Gray, Jeff;Shannon, David M.;Russell, Melody;Thomas, Misty
• 通讯作者: Thomas, Misty