Exploring Computation Integrated into Technology and Engineering (ExCITE)

国际技术与工程教育者协会（ITEEA）提出了一个项目——探索将计算整合到技术与工程（ExCITE）中——以帮助高中技术与工程（T&amp；E）教师在课堂上教授计算机科学（CS）和计算思维（CT）。该项目将利用美国国家科学基金会（nsf）资助的“计算的美丽与快乐”（BJC），这是一门高级CS原理课程，通过现实世界中动手解决问题的挑战来增强它，以提高学生的参与度，更好地适应t&e和许多科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教师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，准备和支持教育教师教授这门强化课程。这门名为BJC-T&amp；E的课程将作为ITEEA旗舰设计工程（EbD）国家课程的一部分提供，这将大大拓宽大批学生（及其教师）对计算机科学和计算机科学的参与，并将BJC-T&amp；E的接触范围扩大到全国不同人群。ExCITE将建立一个研究实践者合作伙伴关系（RPP），其中包括北卡罗来纳州立大学和波士顿学院的计算机科学教师、霍夫斯特拉大学STEM研究中心的研究人员和科技课程专家，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都充分参与PD和研究与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190名来自地理、社会经济、种族和民族多样化地区的教育工作者提供培训，使他们能够有效地将计算机科学和计算机科学整合到高中教育课程中。ExCITE的RPP将使用基于设计的实施研究模型，首先调查两个研究问题：（RQ1）如何设计和优化PD计划，以支持高中t&&e教师学习和有效地教授bjc - t&&； E？（RQ2）在何种程度和何种条件下，使用基于设计的现实世界问题将计算机科学技能整合到教学和教育中，可以扩大地区、教师和学生的参与，特别是那些通常不采用、教授或注册计算机科学课程的人？该项目还将包括一项评估，该评估将记录和评估RPP的组织和功能、PD的实施、PD模型的修订、课堂测试以及成果和研究成果的传播。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

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.