EAGER: An Accessible Coding Curriculum for Engaging Underserved Students with Special Needs in Afterschool Programs

EAGER：一种易于使用的编程课程，旨在吸引有特殊需要的服务不足的学生参加课后项目

• 批准号: 1842092
• 负责人: Mahender Mandala
• 金额: $ 29.98万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 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 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1842092&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Accessible; Coding; Curriculum; Engaging

Many schools are trying to figure out how to comply with new computing directives, especially given there are a limited number of trained teachers that are comfortable with this new subject area. State and federal mandates, on the other hand, also require supporting the learning requirements of students with special needs. The scarcity of accessible interfaces for learning computing can lead to students with disabilities not having equal access in these new initiatives. In addition, most schools in low socioeconomic communities are often under-resourced, creating a further divide and challenge in bringing computer science training directly into the classroom environment. This work will investigate methods to positively impact underserved students with special needs by ensuring equal access to computer science curriculum, with a focus on 1) designing an accessible coding curriculum to engage underserved students with special needs in hands-on computing education in the afterschool space and 2) through pilot studies evaluate the learning outcomes for two ethnically diverse populations of middle school students with special needs.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.

许多学校都在试图弄清楚如何遵守新的计算指令，特别是考虑到接受过培训的教师数量有限，他们对这个新的学科领域感到满意。另一方面，州和联邦的规定也要求支持有特殊需要的学生的学习要求。学习计算的无障碍接口的稀缺可能导致残疾学生在这些新举措中没有平等的机会。此外，社会经济地位低下社区的大多数学校往往资源不足，在将计算机科学培训直接纳入课堂环境方面造成了进一步的鸿沟和挑战。这项工作将调查如何通过确保平等获得计算机科学课程，重点是1）设计一个可访问的编码课程，让有特殊需要的学生在课后空间进行动手计算教育，2）通过试点研究评估两个种族不同的有特殊需要的中学生群体的学习成果。该奖项反映了NSF的法定基金会的使命是履行其使命，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价，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

An Accessible Portal to Teach Computer Science Modules to Typical and Special Needs Children: A Prototype

向典型和特殊需要的儿童教授计算机科学模块的无障碍门户：原型

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: CENTRIC the International Conference on Advances in Humanoriented and Personalized Mechanisms Technologies and Services
• 作者: Ward, Davis;Hall, Quinterious;Marghitu, Daniela
• 通讯作者: Marghitu, Daniela

Accessible Block-Based Programming for K-12 Students Who Are Blind or Low Vision

为盲人或低视力 K-12 学生提供无障碍的基于块的编程

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78095-1_5
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Learning and Assistive Environments. HCII 2021
• 作者: Das M., Marghitu D.

Accessible Computer Science for K-12 Students with Hearing Impairments

为有听力障碍的 K-12 学生提供无障碍计算机科学课程

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.08476.pdf (Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Practice
• 作者: Meenakshi Das, Daniela Marghitu