A Whole-School Model for Integrating Computational Thinking in High School Science and Mathematics

该项目将研究一种创新的全校性方法，将计算思维学习经验融入高中STEM课程。这整个学校的方法旨在通过更多地获得高质量的计算思维学习经验，在各种STEM课程覆盖所有学生。综合课程活动将帮助学生了解计算机科学如何应用于数学和科学。学生将使用模拟工具来模拟科学和数学概念以及数据收集，可视化和分析工具。该项目将包括与教师合作，以编制材料并检查高中学生使用这些材料的情况。该项目还将完善一个框架，可用于其他项目来描述和定义计算思维。该研究的一个重要贡献是调查学生需要学习计算主题的经验的数量和类型。除了基于课堂的活动，学生还将完成顶点挑战活动与行业专业人士合作，将在今年年底在全州范围内展示。最后，将为教师专业发展创建资源，供面对面和在线按需使用。STEM+Computing Partnership（STEM+C）项目旨在通过一个或多个领域的应用研究和开发，推动STEM教学和学习中的计算多学科整合。该项目将在学校层面开展综合的跨学科课程开发和实施工作。该项目将进行一项基于设计的实施研究，研究整个学校的设计，开发和使用资源，以将计算思维与其他STEM学科相结合。这将使整个学校模型的完善，同时调查在高中STEM课程中整合计算思维的挑战和机遇。要完善和设计的资源包括计算思维课程库，专业发展资源和计算思维评估。该研究还将完善计算思维的分类，以描述学生学习计算思维的重要方面，并研究他们如何随着时间的推移而发展。除了检查课程的实施，研究设计还包括学生需要学习计算思维概念的经验的数量和类型的研究。收集和分析的数据包括学生学习和教师实施的定量和定性信息。

The project will investigate an innovative, school-wide approach to integrating computational thinking learning experiences in STEM courses in high school. This whole school approach is designed to reach all students via greater access to high quality computational thinking learning experiences in a variety of STEM courses. Integrated course activities will help students see how computer science is applied in mathematics and science. Students will use simulation tools to model science and mathematics concepts as well as data collection, visualization and analysis tools. The project will include collaboration with teachers in order to develop materials and examine their use with high school students. The project will also refine a framework that can be used by other projects to describe and define computational thinking. An important contribution of the study is investigating the number and type of experiences students need to have to learn about computational topics. In addition to classroom-based activities, students will also complete capstone challenge activities in partnership with industry professionals that will be presented at the end of the year in a state-wide showcase. Finally, resources for teacher professional development will be created for in-person and online, on-demand use. The STEM+Computing Partnership (STEM+C) program seeks to advance multidisciplinary integration of computing in STEM teaching and learning through applied research and development across one or more domains.The project will carry out an integrated, interdisciplinary curriculum development and implementation effort at the school level. The project will conduct a design-based implementation research study of whole school design, development and use of resources for the integration of computational thinking with other STEM disciplines. This will allow for refinement of the whole-school model while investigating the challenges and opportunities for integrating computational thinking in high school STEM courses. The resources to be refined and designed include a library of computational thinking curriculum, professional development resources, and assessments of computational thinking. The study will also refine a taxonomy for computational thinking that characterizes the aspects of computational thinking important for students to learn and examines how they develop over time. In addition to examining the implementation of the curriculum, the research design includes a study of the number and type of experiences students need to have in order to learn computational thinking concepts. The data collected and analyzed include quantitative and qualitative information about students' learning and teachers' implementation.