Collaborative Research: CAFECS: AP CSP Access for All

协作研究：CAFECS：所有人的 AP CSP 访问

• 批准号: 2219492
• 负责人: Lucia Dettori
• 金额: $ 93.75万
• 依托单位: DePaul University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2219492&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CAFECS; AP; CSP

The Learning Partnership, DePaul University, and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will collaborate to increase access to and success in AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP), for African American and Hispanic students, who are traditionally underrepresented in computer science and specifically in AP computer science courses. Each year, about 14,000 students in CPS graduate with one year of high school computer science credit in fulfillment of the district’s computer science graduation requirement. This accomplishment was the culmination of over a decade of work by the Chicago Alliance For Equity in Computer Science research-practice partnership, which includes CPS teachers, CPS administrators, university computer science faculty, and educational researchers. However, access to advanced computer science courses, specifically AP CSP, remains limited, resulting in significant racial and ethnic disparities in access and outcomes. With a specific focus on African American and Hispanic students, the goal of this project is to ensure that every CPS high school offers AP CSP, that enrollment in the course reflects the demographics of each school, and success on the AP exam is equivalent by race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition to addressing inequity in computer science education and supporting teacher professional development, the project will ultimately lead to the development of a stronger and more diverse computing workforce that will enhance U.S. economic competitiveness.The project will provide systems of support to address the challenges inherent in preparing all students and teachers for success in AP CSP and ensure the course is taught using culturally responsive pedagogy. An increasing proportion of new AP CSP teachers do not have a deep background in computer science, and this project will provide content-specific professional development and ongoing coaching. Teachers will be scaffolded in implementing culturally responsive teaching practices through the Exploring Connections to Computer Science activities and professional development program. These practices are especially important for addressing gaps in course outcomes experienced by students of color who are the focus of this project. The project will reach approximately 75 teachers, which would be sufficient to have at least one CSP teacher in every school that does not currently offer AP CSP. As a result, the number of students taking AP CPS should double from roughly 2000 to 4000 students within three years with the increase coming primarily from students at neighborhood schools who identify as Black or Hispanic. The project will engage in hypothesis-driven research to identify factors that predict, facilitate or hinder implementation of AP CSP in neighborhood schools and create a framework of strategies to support the district-wide effort to expand AP CSP.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.

对于非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生，学习合作伙伴关系，Depaul大学和芝加哥公立学校（CPS）将合作，以增加AP计算机科学原则的访问和成功，他们在计算机科学领域，特别是AP计算机科学课程的代表性不足。每年，约有14,000名CPS毕业生，一年的高中计算机科学学分满足了该地区的计算机科学毕业要求。这项成就是芝加哥股权联盟在计算机科学研究实践合作伙伴关系中的十多年工作的高潮，其中包括CPS教师，CPS管理员，大学计算机科学教师和教育研究人员。但是，访问高级计算机科学课程，特别是AP CSP，仍然有限，从而在访问和成果中产生了重大的赛车和种族分布。该项目的目的是特别关注非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生，目的是确保每所CPS高中提供AP CSP，课程的入学率反映了每所学校的人口统计学，而AP考试的后续是种族，种族和性别等同的。除了解决计算机科学教育方面的不平等和支持教师专业发展的不平等外，该项目最终还将导致更强大，更多样化的计算机劳动力的发展，这将增强美国的经济竞争力。该项目将提供支持系统，以应对解决所有学生和教师在AP CSP方面的准备固有的挑战，并确保该课程使用文化响应性响应的培训。越来越多的新AP CSP教师没有计算机科学方面的深刻背景，该项目将提供特定于内容的专业发展和持续的教练。通过探索与计算机科学活动和专业发展计划的联系，教师将在实施文化反应迅速的教学实践方面受到脚手助攻。这些实践对于解决该项目重点的有色学生所经历的课程成果的差距尤为重要。该项目将达到大约75名教师，这足以在目前不提供AP CSP的每所学校中至少有一名CSP老师。结果，服用AP CP的学生人数应在三年内大约2000名学生翻一番，至4000名学生，主要来自邻里学校的学生，这些学生被认为是黑人或西班牙裔。该项目将参与以假设为导向的研究，以确定预测，促进或阻碍在邻里学校中实施AP CSP的因素，并创建一个策略框架，以支持在地区范围内扩大AP CSP的努力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子功能和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是诚实的支持。