Exploring Computation Integrated into Technology and Engineering (ExCITE)

探索计算集成到技术和工程中 (ExCITE)

• 批准号: 1923552
• 负责人: Anthony Gordon
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Hofstra University
• 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 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1923552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Exploring; Computation; Integrated; into; Technology

The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) proposes a project--Exploring Computation Integrated into Technology and Engineering (ExCITE)--to prepare high school technology and engineering (T&E) teachers to teach computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) in their classrooms. The project will leverage the NSF-funded Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), an Advanced Placement CS Principles course, enhancing it with real-world, hands-on problem-solving challenges to increase student engagement and better suit the design-based pedagogy employed by T&E and many Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. It will design and implement a professional development (PD) program that prepares and supports T&E teachers in teaching this enhanced course. The course, BJC-T&E, will be offered as part of the ITEEA's flagship Engineering by Design (EbD) national curriculum, which will significantly broaden participation in CS and CT for a large cohort of students (and their teachers) and expand access to BJC-T&E to diverse populations nationwide.ExCITE will employ a Research Practitioner Partnership (RPP) that includes CS faculty from North Carolina State University and Boston College, researchers and T&E curriculum experts from Hofstra University's Center for STEM Research, and state education departments and local school districts in Maryland and Virginia. The RPP framework ensures that all stakeholders have been fully engaged in the development and implementation of the PD and research and evaluation program. Through a full spectrum of PD workshops with follow-on support, ExCITE will prepare 190 T&E educators from geographically, socioeconomically, racially, and ethnically diverse regions to effectively integrate CS and CT into high school T&E curricula. ExCITE's RPP will use a Design-Based Implementation Research model, initially investigating two research questions: (RQ1) How can a PD program be designed and optimized to support high school T&E teachers in learning and effectively teaching BJC-T&E? and (RQ2) To what extent and under what conditions does the integration of CS skills into T&E using design-based real-world problems broaden participation of districts, teachers, and students, particularly those who do not normally adopt, teach or enroll in CS courses? The project will also include an evaluation that will document and assess the organization and functioning of the RPP, the PD implementation, revisions to the PD model, classroom testing, and dissemination of outcomes and research results.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.

国际技术与工程教育者协会 (ITEEA) 提出了一个项目——探索计算融入技术与工程 (ExCITE)——帮助高中技术与工程 (T&E) 教师做好在课堂上教授计算机科学 (CS) 和计算思维 (CT) 的准备。该项目将利用 NSF 资助的计算之美与乐趣 (BJC)，这是一门计算机科学原理先修课程，通过现实世界中解决问题的实践挑战来增强该课程，以提高学生的参与度，并更好地适应 T&E 以及许多科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教师所采用的基于设计的教学法。 它将设计和实施一个专业发展 (PD) 计划，为 T&E 教师教授这门强化课程做好准备和支持。 BJC-T&E 课程将作为 ITEEA 旗舰设计工程 (EbD) 国家课程的一部分提供，这将显着扩大大量学生（及其教师）对 CS 和 CT 的参与，并将 BJC-T&E 的机会扩大到全国不同人群。ExCITE 将采用研究从业者合作伙伴关系 (RPP)，其中包括来自北卡罗莱纳州立大学的 CS 教员和 波士顿学院、霍夫斯特拉大学 STEM 研究中心的研究人员和 T&E 课程专家以及马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州的州教育部门和当地学区。 RPP 框架确保所有利益相关者充分参与 PD 以及研究和评估计划的制定和实施。通过全方位的 PD 研讨会和后续支持，ExCITE 将为来自地理、社会经济、种族和族裔不同地区的 190 名 T&E 教育工作者做好准备，将 CS 和 CT 有效地融入高中 T&E 课程。 ExCITE 的 RPP 将使用基于设计的实施研究模型，初步调查两个研究问题：(RQ1) 如何设计和优化 PD 计划以支持高中 T&E 教师学习和有效教授 BJC-T&E？ (RQ2) 使用基于设计的现实世界问题将 CS 技能整合到 T&E 中可以在多大程度上、在什么条件下扩大学区、教师和学生的参与，特别是那些通常不采用、教授或注册 CS 课程的人？ 该项目还将包括一项评估，记录和评估 RPP 的组织和运作、PD 实施、PD 模型的修订、课堂测试以及成果和研究成果的传播。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。