Transforming Grading Practices in the Computing Education Community

该项目旨在通过改变计算机教育界的评分做法来服务于国家利益。大多数计算机教师对作业的评分方式是，学生每犯一次错误，就从作业的最高分中扣分。依靠扣分的评分方法往往会阻碍学生的成绩，并可能受到隐性偏见的影响，这种偏见对社会经济背景较低的学生和有色人种学生的影响尤为严重。使用公平和包容的评分方法已被证明可以促进学生学习的自我调节，并且在给予适当的培训和支持时，教师可以很容易地将其纳入其中。该项目旨在通过开发和实施统一的计算机教育公平评分理论（UTEG-CE）来改变整个计算机教育者社区的评分实践。UTEG-CE的实施将导致采用公平和包容的做法，并促进学生学习的自我调节，从而改善整个计算机教育界的学习和保留。这个项目利用了自动评分系统和手工评分的支持来改变评分实践。为了实现这种转变，该项目将追求四个目标。首先是开发评分资源，以促进和促进采用，包括学习管理系统功能的推荐实践和对常用自动评分工具的支持。第二是开展全面的专业发展运动，建立和培育一个专注于这些评分策略的实践社区（CoP）。第三是衡量对计算机教育工作者的影响，包括采用的程度。第四是衡量这种方法对学生的影响，考虑成绩、动机、压力和焦虑，重点考虑对那些在参与STEM研究领域，特别是计算机领域被边缘化的社区成员的不同影响。NSF IUSE: EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by transforming grading practices in the computing education community. Most computing instructors grade assignments by deducting points for each mistake made by a student from the maximum possible score on an assignment. Grading practices that rely on deducting points often discourage student achievement and can be influenced by implicit bias that disproportionately impacts students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and students of color. The use of equitable and inclusive grading practices has been shown to promote self-regulation of student learning and can be easily incorporated by instructors when they are given the proper training and support. This project seeks to transform grading practices across the community of computing educators by developing and implementing a unified theory of equitable grading for computing education (UTEG-CE). An implementation of UTEG-CE will result in the adoption of equitable and inclusive practices, and promote self-regulation of student learning, leading to improved learning and retention throughout the computing education community.This project leverages support in automated grading systems and grading by hand to transform grading practices. To produce this transformation, this project will pursue four objectives. First is to develop grading resources to facilitate and promote adoption, including recommended practices for learning management system features and support for commonly used automated grading tools. Second is to deploy a full-scale professional development campaign to institute and nurture a community of practice (CoP) focused upon these grading strategies. Third is to measure the impact on computing educators, including the extent of adoption. Fourth is to measure the impact of this approach on students, considering achievement, motivation, stress, and anxiety, with a focused consideration on the differential impact on members of communities who have been marginalized in their participation in STEM fields of study, and computing in particular. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.