Arizona K-8 Consortium: Building Computer Science and Computational Thinking Capacity in Rural K-8 Education

该项目将建立亚利桑那州K-8联盟中心，这是一个研究人员-实践者伙伴关系（RPPs）网络，将致力于将计算机科学（CS）和计算思维（CT）融入农村和部落K-8教育。该中心将与从业人员和研究人员合作，在亚利桑那州建立五个区域RPP。该中心的主要作用将是从后勤上支持区域区域方案伙伴关系（建立伙伴关系、编写赠款），以及开发和实施一个建设当地能力的综合专业发展和专业学习社区平台。在18个月的开发阶段，RPP将与中心合作：1）评估其K-8学校的CS/CT教育和PD的现状，包括CS/CT干预措施和课程以及K-8学生CS/CT评估工具，并确定差距和需要解决的问题。3）共同设计和支持综合研究/评价研究，以解决差距和问题，同时沿着能力建设。8间教室和未来的建议发展到NSF CS为所有计划的PreK-8链，等等。AZ K-8联盟中心的长期目标包括开发a）一个建立当地能力的综合PD/PLC平台，以及B）一个农村K-8教育转型变革的RPP模型。该中心将支持RPP探索和实施基于证据的K-8 CS/CT教育干预措施，帮助满足州和联邦教育标准，并与其他农村和服务不足地区广泛分享。从这项工作中吸取的经验教训将为未来的NSF CS for All中型和大型PreK-8提案提供信息。项目成果包括四个农村RPPs，农村亚利桑那州目前的CS/CT干预措施和农村K-8教育工作者的自我效能的概述，以及围绕CS/CT教育在农村K-8学校的整合联合研究的路线图。该项目由CS for All：Research and RPPs计划资助。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。

This project will establish the Arizona K-8 Consortium Hub, a network of Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs) that will work to integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into rural and tribal K-8 education. The Hub will work with practitioners and researchers to establish five regional RPPs across Arizona. The Hub’s primary role will be to support regional RPPs logistically (partnership building, grant writing) as well as by developing and implementing an integrated Professional Development (PD) and Professional Learning Community (PLC) platform that builds local capacity. During the 18-month development phase, RPPs will work with the Hub to: 1) Assess the current state of CS/CT education and PD in their K-8 schools, including CS/CT interventions and curriculum and K-8 student CS/CT assessment tools, and identify gaps and issues to be addressed.2) Articulate what high-quality CS/CT looks like in rural schools serving underserved, underrepresented youth, and what PD/PLC supports and work are needed to support and sustain implementation.3) Co-design and support integrated research/evaluation studies to address gaps and issues along with building capacity.4) Build strong integrated PD/PLCs that support RPPs in designing and implementing CS and CT interventions in rural preK-8 classrooms and future proposal development to the NSF CS for All program’s PreK-8 Strand, among others. The long-term goals of the AZ K-8 Consortium Hub include developing a) an integrated PD/PLC platform that builds local capacity, and b) an RPP model for transformational change in rural K-8 education. The Hub will support RPPs in exploring and implementing evidence-based K-8 CS/CT education interventions that help meet state and federal education standards and be shared widely with other rural and underserved regions. Lessons learned from this work will inform future NSF CS for All medium-and large-scale PreK-8 proposals. Project outcomes include four rural RPPs, an overview of rural Arizona's current CS/CT interventions and self-efficacy in rural K-8 educators, and a roadmap for joint research around the integration of CS/CT education in rural K-8 schools. This project is funded by the CS for All: Research and RPPs program.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.