Recrafting Computer Science: Fiber Crafting as Computational Thinking

该项目旨在通过为建立一支能够在高度协作的多样化环境中有效运作的技术队伍铺平道路，从而服务于国家利益。将通过开发测量仪器、新的课程和研究课程的影响来提高培养这些技能和能力的能力。该项目旨在通过反映计算思维(CT)的跨学科性并鼓励对妇女和有色人种在计算机科学(CS)和机器人学中的历史角色的批判性反思，来与EHR核心研究(ECR)计划的意图保持一致。该项目将传统的CS课程移出屏幕，回到其有形的根基上，以支持CS的学习、协作和参与。在这个项目中，新设计的CS课程将使本科生参与建造、编程和使用机器人织布机，突出CT在正式CS课程中固有的跨学科性质。项目活动预计将扩大在计算机科学和技术教育方面的参与和合作，重新定义计算机科学教育中什么是有价值的学习活动。该项目以学习科学和具身认知为基础，将进一步发展跨学科，并解决计算多样性的关键挑战。项目活动将把基于迭代设计的研究与定期的实验研究实验结合起来，以测试机器人织布机设计和课程材料的有效性，以帮助本科生学习跨学科和协作计算。为了确保建议的设计有效地配合课程和实际情况，项目小组将咨询咨询委员会、本科生和参与院校的课程咨询委员会，以便在整个项目期间为设计和开发提供信息。该项目由ECR计划支持，该计划支持推进STEM学习和学习环境的基础研究、扩大对STEM的参与以及STEM劳动力发展的工作。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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by paving the way to creating a technical workforce that is able to function effectively in highly collaborative, diverse environments. Enhanced ability to nurture these skills and abilities will occur through development of measurement instruments, a novel curriculum, and research into the impacts of the curriculum. The project seeks to align with the EHR Core Research (ECR) program's intent by reflecting the interdisciplinarity of computational thinking (CT) and encouraging critical reflection with respect to the historical role of women and people of color in computer science (CS) and robotics. This project moves the traditional CS curriculum beyond the screen and back to its tangible roots to support learning, collaboration, and participation in CS. In this project, the newly crafted CS curriculum will engage undergraduates in the construction, programming, and use of a robotic loom, foregrounding the inherently interdisciplinary nature of CT in a formal CS curriculum. The project activities expect to broaden participation and collaboration in CS and STEM, redefining what counts as a valuable learning activity in CS education. Grounded in the learning sciences and embodied cognition, this project will further the development of interdisciplinarity and address key challenges to diversity in computing. The project activities will interweave iterative Design-Based Research with periodic experimental research experiments to test the efficacy of the robotic loom designs and course materials for undergraduate learning of interdisciplinarity and collaborative computing. To ensure that the proposed designs effectively complement curricular and practical realities, the project team will consult with an advisory board, the undergraduates, and the participating institution's curriculum advisory boards to inform design and development throughout the project period. This project is supported by the ECR program, which supports work that advances fundamental research on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.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.