Collaborative Research: Supporting Project-Based Learning in Undergraduate Software Engineering Courses

协作研究：支持本科软件工程课程中的项目式学习

• 批准号: 2349923
• 负责人: David Shepherd
• 金额: $ 23.14万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349923&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Supporting; Project; Based

This project aims to serve the national interest by increasing the use of evidence-based teaching practices in undergraduate computer science curricula. One such practice is project-based learning, which gives students opportunities to learn as they work on authentic real-world problems. Project-based learning, and other active learning practices, have been shown to increase student motivation and engagement, raise exam performance, and reduce failure rates. A major barrier to implementing project-based learning in the classroom is that instructors must provide students with the support they need to be successful learners as they complete project tasks. Without that support, students can get bogged down performing unessential tasks instead of learning the targeted concepts and skills. This project aims to increase the use of project-based learning in software engineering courses. To do so, the project will design, develop, and evaluate a reference software engineering course with a repository of twelve ready-to-use projects and associated active learning activities. These resources will enable instructors to easily assign project tasks for students to complete at home. It is anticipated that these resources will increase the capacity of instructors to effectively use project-based learning in their courses. In addition, project-based learning can help students prepare for industry careers by providing learning experiences that are like the work that software engineers do.The overarching goal of this project is to increase student learning by encouraging and facilitating authentic computer science learning experiences. Data for formative evaluation of the developed project-based learning resources will be gathered through advisory board reviews, undergraduate beta testing, and in-house classroom trials. Field tests at multiple volunteer sites will assess the feasibility of implementing the project-based learning resources in college or university settings. Finally, a pilot study will be performed to assess the promise of the developed materials to improve student learning outcomes. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. This project is in the Engaged Student Learning track, through which the IUSE 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.

该项目旨在通过增加在本科计算机科学课程中使用基于证据的教学实践来满足国家利益。这样的做法是基于项目的学习，这使学生在处理真实现实世界中的问题时有机会学习。基于项目的学习以及其他积极的学习实践已被证明可以增加学生的动力和参与度，提高考试表现并降低失败率。在课堂上实施基于项目的学习的主要障碍是，教师必须在完成项目任务时为学生提供成功所需的支持。 如果没有这些支持，学生就会陷入困境，而不是学习目标概念和技能。该项目旨在增加在软件工程课程中基于项目的学习的使用。 为此，该项目将使用十二个现成的项目以及相关的主动学习活动设计，开发和评估参考软件工程课程。 这些资源将使教师能够轻松分配项目任务供学生在家中完成。 预计这些资源将增加教师在课程中有效使用基于项目的学习的能力。 此外，基于项目的学习可以通过提供像软件工程师所做的工作的学习经验来帮助学生为行业职业做准备。该项目的总体目标是通过鼓励和促进正宗的计算机科学学习经验来增加学生的学习。用于对开发项目的学习资源进行形成性评估的数据将通过咨询委员会的评论，本科Beta测试和内部课堂试验来收集。多个志愿者站点的现场测试将评估在大学或大学环境中实施基于项目的学习资源的可行性。最后，将进行一项试点研究，以评估开发材料的承诺，以改善学生学习成果。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该项目处于敬业的学生学习轨道上，IUSE计划通过该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点评估来支持的，并具有更广泛的影响。