Developing a High-Quality Academic Environment for Broadening Participation of Hispanic Students in Computing

建立高质量的学术环境以扩大西班牙裔学生对计算机的参与

• 批准号: 2225229
• 负责人: Junhua Ding
• 金额: $ 49.96万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 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: 2022-11-01 至 2025-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225229&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Quality; Academic; Environment; Broadening

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this Implementation and Evaluation (Track 2) project aims to broaden the participation of Hispanic students in computing by integrating cultural capital into a variety of educational activities. These include innovative curriculum development, adoption of high-impact pedagogies, supporting exemplary interactions, and fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. The project will develop a responsive environment infused with culturally competent practices to facilitate student success in computing. It will also broaden participation in computing education by teaching essential competencies for career development. The project is designed to fundamentally change computing education and support institutional cultural change. Significant factors and cultural capital structures that impact the broadening of the participation of Hispanic students in computing will be identified. This project will implement four groups of asset-based initiatives. First is infusing computational thinking and professional skill development into the curriculum. Second is building an effective platform for supporting students' interactions with peers and faculty. Third is developing active and personalized learning for teaching computing courses. Fourth, and finally, is collaborating with education experts to foster an inclusive educational culture. An adaptable plan for recruiting Hispanic high school graduates and community college students will be developed. The project will enhance the quality of computing education to increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation rate of undergraduate Hispanic students in computing programs. Another anticipated outcome is gaining an understanding of cultural capital's impact on student academic achievement, retention, and well-being. The team will support implementing the initiatives for other programs at universities and community colleges in North Texas by sharing the experience, research results, and educational outcomes. Findings will be broadly distributed through articles and presentations. Given the diverse nature and context of HSIs, achieving these goals requires attention to creative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation. Action research will be embedded in a mixed-methods design to identify effective strategies for instruction, communication, and retention. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also draw from these approaches to generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划的支持下，该实施和评估（第二轨）项目旨在通过将文化资本融入各种教育活动，扩大西班牙裔学生对计算机的参与。这些措施包括创新课程开发、采用高影响力教学法、支持示范性互动以及培养多样化和包容性文化。该项目将建立一个反应迅速的环境，并融入具有文化竞争力的做法，以促进学生在计算机方面的成功。它还将通过教授职业发展的基本能力来扩大计算机教育的参与。该项目旨在从根本上改变计算机教育，并支持机构文化变革。将确定影响扩大西班牙裔学生参与计算机的重要因素和文化资本结构。该项目将实施四组基于资产的计划。首先是将计算思维和专业技能发展融入课程。第二是建立一个有效的平台，支持学生与同学和教师的互动。三是在计算机课程教学中开展主动个性化学习。第四，也是最后一点，是与教育专家合作，培育包容性教育文化。还将制定针对西班牙裔高中毕业生和社区大学学生的适应性计划。该项目将提高计算机教育的质量，以提高计算机专业西班牙裔本科生的入学率、保留率和毕业率。另一个预期的结果是了解文化资本对学生学业成绩、留校率和幸福感的影响。该团队将通过分享经验、研究成果和教育成果，支持在北德克萨斯州的大学和社区学院实施其他项目。调查结果将通过文章和演讲广泛传播。鉴于hsi的不同性质和背景，实现这些目标需要注意鼓励机构和社区变革的创造性方法。行动研究将嵌入到混合方法设计中，以确定有效的教学、交流和保留策略。HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并在HSI进行能力建设。考虑到hsi的多样化性质和背景，实现这些目标需要创新的方法来激励机构和社区转型，并促进基础研究(1)关于参与式学生学习，(2)关于如何有效地使STEM多样化和增加参与，以及(3)提高对如何在hsi建立机构能力的理解。HSI计划支持的项目也将借鉴这些方法，为如何实现这些目标提供新的知识。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。

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• 影响因子: 3.4
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• 通讯作者: Yang, Qing

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• DOI: 10.1108/idd-06-2022-0054
• 发表时间: 2023-02-03
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• 影响因子: 2.1
• 作者: Nguyen, Huyen;Chen, Haihua;Ding, Junhua
• 通讯作者: Ding, Junhua