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Leveling the Field: Increasing the Preparedness and Belonging of Underrepresented Community College Students in Computing

平整领域：提高计算机领域代表性不足的社区学院学生的准备度和归属感

基本信息

批准号：
1900153
负责人：
Louise Lyon
金额：
$ 29.84万
依托单位：
ETR Associates
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-10-01 至 2022-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1900153&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Leveling Field Increasing Preparedness Belonging

项目摘要

With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR), this project aims to serve the national interest by recruiting community college students to and preparing them for success in computer science. The project aims to achieve this goal by providing students at Los Positas Community College (California) with a week-long, pre-semester computer science workshop called "Code Jam." The Code Jam workshop is modeled on a semester-long computer science program at Siena College, a private four-year institution, and a week-long math workshop at Los Positas Community College. Like Math Jam, Code Jam will be a week-long, full-day, pre-semester hands-on program that is enhanced with intentional personal and social supports. The intention is to create an engaging environment that welcomes students into computer science, even if they have no prior experience with computational thinking and computer programming. The project expects that students who participate in Code Jam will be more likely to enroll in introductory computer science classes. This effort addresses the critical need for U.S. workers to understand computing fundamentals, given the pervasiveness of technology and the rising number of jobs requiring technical knowledge. The project has two objectives. First, it seeks to create a computer science entry program specifically designed for success in a community college setting. Second, it endeavors to create a program that can be implemented at colleges across the Nation. The project has the potential to attract and prepare students who would not otherwise consider pursuing computing or who would struggle to succeed in introductory computer science classes. Based on this potential outcome, together with student demographics at Las Positas Community College (a Hispanic-Serving Institution), this project has the potential to broaden participation in computer science. Using a social cognitive career theory framework, the project will conduct a mixed-methods longitudinal research study. This study will investigate the mechanisms by which personal characteristics, background contexts, and learning experiences coalesce to give messages about which career-related choices are possible and appropriate for community college students of varying social categories. The project aims to examine the role of the workshop in supporting student success in introductory computing classes as well as its impact on affective factors such as interest, confidence, and identification with computing. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

在NSF改善本科STEM教育计划：教育和人力资源（IUSE：EHR）的支持下，该项目旨在通过招募社区大学生并为他们在计算机科学方面的成功做好准备来服务于国家利益。该项目旨在通过为洛杉矶社区学院（加州）的学生提供为期一周的名为“代码果酱”的学期前计算机科学研讨会来实现这一目标。Code Jam研讨会是以锡耶纳学院（一所私立四年制学院）为期一学期的计算机科学课程和Los Positas社区学院为期一周的数学研讨会为模型的。像数学果酱，代码果酱将是一个为期一周，全天，学期前动手计划，是加强与故意的个人和社会支持。其目的是创造一个吸引人的环境，欢迎学生进入计算机科学，即使他们没有计算思维和计算机编程的经验。该项目预计，参加Code Jam的学生将更有可能参加计算机科学入门课程。鉴于技术的普及和需要技术知识的工作数量的增加，这一努力满足了美国工人了解计算基础知识的迫切需要。该项目有两个目标。首先，它旨在创建一个专门为社区大学环境中的成功而设计的计算机科学入门课程。第二，它致力于创建一个可以在全国各地的大学实施的计划。该项目有可能吸引和准备谁不会考虑追求计算或谁将努力在介绍计算机科学类成功的学生。基于这一潜在的结果，再加上学生人口在拉斯波西塔斯社区学院（西班牙裔服务机构），该项目有可能扩大参与计算机科学。本研究将以社会认知生涯理论为框架，进行一项混合方法的纵向研究。本研究将探讨的机制，个人特征，背景环境，学习经验结合起来，给信息的职业相关的选择是可能的，适合不同的社会类别的社区大学生。该项目的目的是研究工作坊的作用，在支持学生成功的入门计算类，以及其对情感因素的影响，如兴趣，信心和识别与计算。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。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。