Collaborative Research: Minoritized Youth Computer Science Learning, Belonging and Career Interest: Coding and Creating with Beats

合作研究：少数青少年计算机科学学习、归属感和职业兴趣：用 Beats 编码和创造

• 批准号: 2048793
• 负责人: Lori Pollock
• 金额: $ 63.72万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2048793&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Minoritized; Youth; Computer

Computer science knowledge and skills are essential in the digital world. Despite progress in the availability of computer science (CS) coursework in secondary school settings, a number of student groups remain substantially underrepresented in computing. This project aims to broaden youth participation in computing by focusing on innovative technology experiences centered around coding-based music. The project will engage Black, Latinx, and female youth during the critical middle school years when many students decide whether future opportunities in CS merit consideration. Through week-long summer programs held on college campuses, the project will develop and study a series of culturally relevant activities where participants learn how to play, manipulate, and create by coding authentic-sounding hip-hop beats using Sonic Pi music software. The project extends prior research into CS learning through coding beats by (1) enhancing the depth of technical analysis, (2) moving students from beat modification to beat creation, and (3) increasing the range of concepts that can naturally be included in a course. This collaborative effort across two universities, a local school district, and a community organization will engage musicians who utilize Sonic Pi in performances and host annual competitions and concerts featuring student work to help broaden youth perspectives of CS and computing-related careers. The project team will also prepare 40 teachers and community instructors to facilitate similar programs in their own settings, ensuring sustainability beyond the duration of the project. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.The project employs design-based implementation research to iteratively refine the instructional approaches across 160 middle school students and two settings to best address the mismatch between CS culture and the culture and learning experiences of students underrepresented in computing. This project will design and investigate a summer program instructional approach that highlights how particular coding technology (e.g., Sonic Pi), scaffolding techniques, and learning activities work to support youth's computer science knowledge, confidence, sense of belonging, and career awareness. The project will build upon previously funded NSF STEM education research (e.g., EarSketch) by grounding in the Use-Modify-Create framework, which articulates a trajectory of youth learning in computing. Mixed methods will inform the research. Qualitative data from observations, focus groups and computational artifacts will explore the promise and effectiveness of the program in promoting expected youth outcomes. Quantitative data (e.g., validated pre- and post-surveys) will identify emergent patterns that will help strengthen the feasibility, sustainability, and social validity of the scaffolded approach. The knowledge and insights gained from this research will provide evidence to support future programs across other regions and develop strong CS learning experiences for students underrepresented in computing.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.

计算机科学知识和技能在数字世界中是必不可少的。尽管计算机科学（CS）课程在中学环境中的可用性有所进步，但许多学生群体在计算机方面的代表性仍然不足。该项目旨在通过专注于以编码为基础的音乐为中心的创新技术体验，扩大年轻人对计算机的参与。该项目将吸引黑人，拉丁裔和女性青年，在关键的中学阶段，许多学生决定是否在未来的CS机会值得考虑。通过在大学校园举办的为期一周的暑期项目，该项目将开发和研究一系列与文化相关的活动，参与者将学习如何使用Sonic Pi音乐软件编写听起来真实的嘻哈节拍来演奏、操作和创作。该项目通过对节拍进行编码，将之前的研究扩展到CS学习中，方法包括：(1)增强技术分析的深度，(2)将学生从修改节拍转移到创建节拍，以及(3)增加课程中自然包含的概念范围。这是两所大学、一个当地学区和一个社区组织的合作，将邀请音乐家在表演中使用Sonic Pi，并举办以学生作品为特色的年度比赛和音乐会，以帮助拓宽年轻人对CS和计算机相关职业的看法。项目团队还将准备40名教师和社区指导员，在当地开展类似的项目，确保项目结束后的可持续性。该项目由“面向学生和教师的创新技术体验”（ITEST）项目资助，该项目支持有助于提高学生对科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）以及信息和通信技术（ICT）职业的知识和兴趣的实践、项目要素、背景和过程的理解。该项目采用基于设计的实施研究，在160名中学生和两种环境中迭代改进教学方法，以最好地解决计算机文化与计算机文化和学习经验不足的学生之间的不匹配。该项目将设计和研究一种暑期项目教学方法，强调特定的编码技术（如Sonic Pi）、脚手架技术和学习活动如何支持青少年的计算机科学知识、信心、归属感和职业意识。该项目将建立在先前资助的NSF STEM教育研究（例如EarSketch）的基础上，以“使用-修改-创建”框架为基础，该框架阐明了青少年学习计算机的轨迹。混合方法将为研究提供信息。来自观察、焦点小组和计算人工制品的定性数据将探索该计划在促进预期青年成果方面的前景和有效性。定量数据（例如经过验证的前后调查）将确定有助于加强框架方法的可行性、可持续性和社会有效性的新模式。从这项研究中获得的知识和见解将为支持其他地区的未来项目提供证据，并为在计算机领域代表性不足的学生提供强大的CS学习经验。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。

项目成果

Using Domain-Specific, Immediate Feedback to Support Students Learning Computer Programming to Make Music

使用特定领域的即时反馈来支持学生学习计算机编程来制作音乐

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: l ACM conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE
• 作者: Krug, Douglas Lusa;Zhang, Yifan;Mouza, Chrystalla;Pollock, Lori;Shepherd, David C.
• 通讯作者: Shepherd, David C.

Inspiring Interest in Computing using Music: A Case Study on Students Lacking Prior Music Education

用音乐激发计算兴趣：缺乏音乐教育的学生案例研究

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Congresso Brasileiro de Informatica Na Educação
• 作者: Krug, Dougals Lusa;Kulibaba, Reuel J.;Linzmeyer, Denis A.;Mouza, Chrystalla;Shepherd, David C.
• 通讯作者: Shepherd, David C.

A Case Study of Middle Schoolers’ Use of Computational Thinking Concepts and Practices during Coded Music Composition

中学生案例研究——在编码音乐创作中使用计算思维概念和实践

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
• 作者: Zhang, Yifan;Douglas Lusa Krug, Douglas Lusa;Mouza, Chrystalla;Shepherd, David;Pollock, Lori
• 通讯作者: Pollock, Lori

Examining Participation and Outcomes Among Middle School Students in a Virtual Camp on Coding with Music

检查中学生在音乐编码虚拟夏令营中的参与情况和成果

• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting (ISLS
• 作者: Zhang, Yifan;Patt, Ray;Krug, Douglas Lusa;Mead, Hilary;Moza, Chrystalla;Shepherd, David;Pollock, Lori
• 通讯作者: Pollock, Lori

Attracting Adults to Computer Programming via Hip Hop

通过嘻哈吸引成年人进行计算机编程

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: SIGCSE '23
• 作者: Krug, Douglas Lusa;Mouza, Chrystalla;Jones, W. Monty;Barnett, Taylor;Shepherd, David C.
• 通讯作者: Shepherd, David C.