Bringing Computer Science to High Schools in Rural Appalachia

将计算机科学引入阿巴拉契亚农村地区的高中

• 批准号: 1923373
• 负责人: Rahman Tashakkori
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Appalachian State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1923373&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bringing; Computer; Science; Schools; Rural

Appalachian State University (AppState), partnering with the Friday Institute of Educational Innovation at North Carolina State, proposes a project -- CS4App: Bringing Computer Science to High Schools in Rural Appalachia -- to expand and diversify Computer Science (CS) education in rural high schools. The project will gain insight into the obstacles to CS education faced by high school students living regions such as Appalachia with high rates of poverty, and it will develop a comprehensive program to prepare and support their teachers in teaching an AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course.CS4App will develop a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) partnering AppState faculty and regional teachers with an interest in offering CSP at their school. The Friday Institute will deliver an effective blend of research-based teacher professional development (PD) including a 4-week, intensive training in the summer and continued interactions during the school year. The PD will introduce CS technical and pedagogical content, as well as leadership development, inquiry-based instruction, and student equity issues.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.

阿巴拉契亚州立大学(AppState)与北卡罗来纳州星期五教育创新研究所合作，提出了一个项目--CS4App：将计算机科学带到阿巴拉契亚农村的高中--扩大和多样化农村高中的计算机科学(CS)教育。该项目将深入了解居住在贫困率较高的阿巴拉契亚地区的高中生在计算机科学原理(CS)教育方面面临的障碍，并将制定一个全面的计划，以准备和支持他们的教师教授AP计算机科学原理(CSP)课程。CS4App将开发一个网络改进社区(NIC)，与AppState的教师和有兴趣在其学校提供CSP的地区教师合作。星期五学院将提供研究型教师专业发展(PD)的有效结合，包括为期4周的暑期强化培训和学年期间的持续互动。PD将介绍CS的技术和教学内容，以及领导力发展、基于探究的教学和学生平等问题。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。