Integrate to Innovate: A Research-Practice Partnership to Integrate Computer Science into Maine Schools

整合创新：将计算机科学融入缅因州学校的研究实践合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1837262
• 负责人: Ruth Kermish-Allen
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
• 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: 2018-09-01 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1837262&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrate; Innovate; Research; Practice; Partnership

This project will co-design a researcher practitioner partnership (RPP) in the state of Maine consisting of academic and non-profit educational researchers, three rural school districts, and business partners. The RPP will focus on developing a vision for the types of professional development that will enable the effective integration of computer science education in rural, K-8 classrooms. By building on the needs and unique characteristics of rural communities, the RPP will form the foundation for a reform initiative that exposes K-8 students to relevant experiential and real-world applications of computer science. The researchers hope to empower students to see how computing is used in their communities and provide opportunities for them to recognize potential career opportunities available to them in rural America.The primary research question asks how to support the integration of computer science into rural K-8 math and science instruction. To answer this, the RPP will work to do the following: 1) identify when and where computer science can be integrated with existing math and science standards; 2) identify professional development structures for scalable computer science learning; 3) develop models for rural states to establish RPPs that create professional development for computer science teaching, and; 4) leverage prior work to build a framework that provides equitable learning opportunities in computer science for rural students. An iterative, design-based research methodology will be used to study these questions and the development and growth of the RPP. In particular, interviews and surveys will be used to understand the progression of stakeholder's thinking and actions as the RPP develops.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.

该项目将在缅因州共同设计一个由学术和非营利教育研究人员、三个农村学区和商业合作伙伴组成的研究人员从业者伙伴关系（RPP）。RPP将专注于开发专业发展类型的愿景，这将使计算机科学教育在农村，K-8教室的有效整合。通过建立在农村社区的需要和独特的特点，RPP将形成一个改革倡议，暴露K-8学生的计算机科学的相关经验和现实世界的应用基础。研究人员希望让学生了解计算机在他们的社区中是如何使用的，并为他们提供机会，让他们认识到美国农村地区的潜在就业机会。主要研究问题是如何支持将计算机科学融入农村K-8数学和科学教学。为了回答这个问题，RPP将努力做到以下几点：1）确定计算机科学何时何地可以与现有的数学和科学标准相结合; 2）确定可扩展的计算机科学学习的专业发展结构; 3）为农村各州开发模型，以建立为计算机科学教学创造专业发展的RPP; 4）利用先前的工作建立一个框架，为农村学生提供公平的计算机科学学习机会。我们会采用一套以设计为本的研究方法，以研究这些问题，以及研究香港重建方案的发展和增长。特别是，我们会透过访问和调查，了解持份者的想法和行动，以及研究方案的进展。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。