Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning

该项目将通过支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业，满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。在为期五年的时间内，该项目将每年颁发总计 150 份奖学金，以支持 30 名学术才华横溢且有经济需求的学生在加州州立大学圣贝纳迪诺分校攻读计算机学位。该项目的目标是通过创造计算机职业道路来振兴加州内陆帝国地区的计算机教育。在该奖项的支持下，计算机入门课程的教学改革将使超过 1,250 名学生受益。项目团队将遵循四个目标。首先是提高低收入本科生的保留率和毕业率。其次是转变编程课程的介绍，以包括文化响应和主动学习的教学技术。第三是制定夏季研究计划，第四是扩大和维持季度论坛，将技术公司、政策制定者和思想领袖聚集在一起，使学生能够参与当地社区的体验式学习机会。该项目的研究部分将评估奖学金计划对低收入计算机学生的保留率、学业成功和学位完成的影响。此外，它将探讨参与式学习和指导如何影响学生追求研究经验和职业的兴趣。该项目由 NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加具有经济需求的低收入学术才华学生获得 STEM 领域学位的数量。它还旨在改善未来 STEM 工作者的教育，并产生有关低收入学生的学业成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. Over its five-year duration, this project will award a total of 150 scholarships to support cohorts of 30 academically talented students each year, with a demonstrated financial need, who are pursuing degrees in computing at the California State University - San Bernardino. The goal of the project is to invigorate computing education in California's Inland Empire region by creating pathways to computing careers. The pedagogical changes to the introductory computing courses, supported by this award, will benefit more than 1,250 students.Four objectives will guide the project team. First is to increase the retention and graduation of low-income undergraduate students. Second is to transform the introduction to programming courses to include culturally responsive and active learning pedagogical techniques. Third is to develop a summer research program, and fourth is to expand and sustain a quarterly forum that brings together technology companies, policymakers, and thought leaders, enabling students to participate in local community-based experiential learning opportunities. The research component of the project will assess the impact of the scholarship program on low-income computing students' retention, academic success, and degree completion. Furthermore, it will explore how engaged learning and mentoring influence students' interest in pursuing research experiences and careers. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.