Collaborative Research: CAFECS: Developing Equitable Computer Science Pathways from High School to College

合作研究：CAFECS：开发从高中到大学的公平计算机科学途径

• 批准号: 2122907
• 负责人: Steven McGee
• 金额: $ 76.29万
• 依托单位: The Learning Partnership
• 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: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122907&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CAFECS; Developing; Equitable

In June 2020, more than fourteen thousand students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) graduated with one year of high school computer science credit in fulfillment of CPS’ recent computer science graduation requirement. This was the culmination of over a decade of work by the Chicago Alliance For Equity in Computer Science (CAFÉCS) to implement the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum and accompanying teacher professional development program district-wide. The ECS class supports equivalent assessment outcomes regardless of students’ race/ethnicity and gender and equivalently increases interest in pursuing additional computer science coursework, including Advanced Placement courses. This project builds upon this work by expanding early college credit computer science courses in CPS and engaging students in activities at local universities to recruit and inspire them through computer science pathways. With a focus on students of color and first-generation college students, the project is providing extensive mentoring and preparation as students transition through their high school, community college, and four-year institution computer science pathways. Despite the evidence of the efficacy of this high-school computer-science pathway towards early college credit, only about a quarter of CPS high schools offer AP computer science and less than 10% of schools offer computer science dual credit courses. In addition, there is a paucity of research on the mechanisms by which early college credit courses inspire interest and provide preparation for college success in computer science majors. With a specific focus on students of color, this project focuses on the expansion of high-school early college credit opportunities in CPS and supporting students' success along computer science pathways in community colleges. The project aims to understand the characteristics of ECS implementation that enable high schools to successfully introduce early college credit opportunities, such as AP and dual-credit classes and the extent to which existing AP computer science professional development programs adequately prepare non-endorsed teachers to achieve student outcomes that are equivalent to those achieved by teachers who are endorsed in computer science. The project is also exploring the extent to which early college computer science credit opportunities increase interest in the field leading to enrollment in courses along computer science pathways and potential mechanisms in which community colleges can reduce barriers and increase success for students on computing pathways.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.

2020年6月，芝加哥公立学校（CPS）的14万名学生毕业于一年的高中计算机科学学分，以满足CPS最近的计算机科学毕业生要求。这是芝加哥股权联盟计算机科学（CAFécs）实施探索计算机科学（ECS）课程和参与参与的教师专业发展计划范围内的十多年工作的高潮。 ECS班级支持平等的评估成果，无论学生的种族/种族和性别如何，都同样增加了追求其他计算机科学课程（包括高级安排课程）的兴趣。该项目通过扩大CP的早期学分计算机科学课程，并让学生通过当地大学的活动来招募和激发他们通过计算机科学途径来启发他们，从而在这项工作基础上建立了这项工作。该项目侧重于有色学生和第一代大学生，随着学生通过高中，社区学院和四年制计算机科学途径的过渡，该项目正在提供广泛的心理和准备。尽管有证据表明，这种高中计算机科学途径朝着早期学分的效率，但只有大约四分之一的CPS高中提供AP计算机科学，不到10％的学校提供​​计算机科学双学分课程。此外，关于早期大学学分课程激发了兴趣并为计算机科学专业的大学成功提供准备的机制的研究很少。该项目特别关注有色学生，重点是扩大CP中的高中早期学分机会，并支持学生在社区学院的计算机科学途径上的成功。该项目旨在了解ECS实施的特征，使高中能够成功地引入早期的大学学分机会，例如AP和双学分课程，以及现有的AP计算机科学专业发展计划在多大程度上，可以充分准备非注册的教师，以实现与在计算机科学中得到认可的老师相同的学生成果。该项目还探索了早期的大学计算机科学信贷机会在多大程度上增加了对该领域的兴趣，从而导致在计算机科学途径和潜在的机制上招生课程，在这些课程中，社区大学可以减少障碍并增加计算机学生的成功。该奖项反映了NSF的法规任务，并认为通过基金会的知识绩效和广泛的cribia criperia criperia crigitia crigitia crigitia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia均被视为珍贵。