Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation and Building Pathways in Computer Science (CS) through Concurrent Enrollment

合作研究：通过同时注册扩大计算机科学（CS）的参与并建立途径

• 批准号: 1836990
• 负责人: Daniel Kaiser
• 金额: $ 16.88万
• 依托单位: Southwest Minnesota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836990&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Broadening; Participation; Building

This project studies the implementation and outcomes of Concurrent Enrollment (CE) programs as a vehicle for broadening participation in high school to college pathways in Computer Science (CS). The Mobile Computer Science Principles (Mobile CSP) project at the College of St. Scholastica, an established curriculum endorsed by the College Board for its alignment with the Advanced Placement (AP) CSP framework, has formed a Research-Practitioner Partnership (RPP) with CE programs at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut and Southwest Minnesota State University in Minnesota and with partner school districts in each state. The RPP project explores whether CS through CE can broaden the high school to college pathway in computing disciplines for those traditionally underrepresented in these fields: female, underrepresented minority, and low-SES students. While the AP CSP course has enrolled a more diverse group of students than previous AP CS courses, it is not as diverse as other AP courses. CE programs appear to have better penetration than AP among schools that predominantly serve underrepresented minorities and low-SES students, showing promise for broadening participation in other disciplines and encouraging college matriculation.By implementing and studying CS through CE in two different contexts (rural and low-SES in Minnesota and urban, diverse, and low-SES in Connecticut), the project contributes to transforming the educational pathways in CS in a variety of contexts and to understanding the supports and barriers to implementing CSP as CE with a broadening-participation goal. This project provides professional development and support of 40 high school teachers to teach a CE version of the Mobile CSP course among partnering school districts over the course of 3 years. The goals of this RPP project are (1) to examine and address the supports and barriers to implementing and sustaining Mobile CSP as a concurrent enrollment course and (2) to study whether a CE implementation of the CSP course broadens participation in computing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本项目研究并行招生（CE）计划的实施和成果，作为扩大参与高中到大学计算机科学（CS）途径的工具。圣斯科拉斯蒂卡学院的移动的计算机科学原理（移动的CSP）项目是一个由学院委员会批准的与大学先修课程（AP）CSP框架保持一致的既定课程，该项目已与康涅狄格州哈特福德的首都社区学院和明尼苏达州的西南明尼苏达州立大学以及每个州的合作学区的CE课程建立了研究-实践者伙伴关系（RPP）。该RPP项目探讨CS通过CE是否可以拓宽高中到大学的途径在计算学科为那些传统上在这些领域代表性不足：女性，代表性不足的少数民族，和低SES学生。虽然AP CSP课程比以前的AP CS课程招收了更多样化的学生群体，但它并不像其他AP课程那样多样化。在主要服务于代表性不足的少数民族和低社会经济地位学生的学校中，CE课程似乎比AP有更好的渗透力，这表明CE课程有望扩大其他学科的参与，并鼓励大学入学。（明尼苏达州的农村和低社会经济地位，康涅狄格州的城市，多样化和低社会经济地位），该项目有助于在各种背景下改变CS的教育途径，并有助于理解将CSP作为CE实施的支持和障碍，以扩大参与目标。该项目为40名高中教师提供专业发展和支持，在3年的时间里在合作学区教授CE版本的移动的CSP课程。该RPP项目的目标是（1）检查和解决实施和维持移动的CSP作为并行注册课程的支持和障碍，以及（2）研究CSP课程的CE实施是否扩大了计算的参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。