Computational Science Program for Ohio Community and Technical Colleges

这个ATE项目的主要目标是通过开发副学士学位课程来完成全州范围的计算科学课程，这些课程是从高中到社区学院的全州2+2+2衔接的中间部分，通过大学学士学位课程。该项目是：1）创建一个所有俄亥俄州跨机构的副学士学位课程在计算科学的科学专业; 2）生产新的教学模块，并启动课程的计算方法的生物学，化学和物理学; 3）开发一个模型的衔接协议，从高中到学士学位课程; 4）为高中和社区大学教师提供专业发展，以鼓励广泛采用课程; 5）建立一个可在全国推广的共享项目模式。项目合作伙伴包括俄亥俄州超级计算机中心、三所社区学院（俄亥俄州托莱多的欧文斯社区学院、俄亥俄州代顿的辛克莱社区学院和俄亥俄州坎顿的斯塔克州立技术学院）和“带路”项目。智力优势：计算科学以及建模和仿真的使用被认为是美国继续发展的关键。S.在科学和工程方面的领导地位。该项目正在创建共享的多机构教育模块和副学士学位课程，使更广泛的学生对科学职业感兴趣，提高他们在微积分序列中的保留率，并为高中教师和学生以及学士学位课程提供强有力的联系。更广泛的影响：高中和阿巴拉契亚学院教师的专业发展活动将项目的好处传播到该州服务不足的农村地区。来自这些服务不足地区的教师和学生获得了多种机制，通过访问当地社区学院，在线教学材料和课程，以及通过项目带路计划的高中课程来推进自己的学术生涯。

The major goal of this ATE project is to complete a statewide computational science curriculum by developing associate degree programs that are the middle of a statewide 2+2+2 articulation from high school to the community colleges through university baccalaureate degree programs. The project is: 1) creating an all Ohio inter-institutional associate degree program in computational science for science majors; 2) producing new instructional modules and initiating courses in computational methods for biology, chemistry, and physics; 3) developing a model articulation agreement from high school through baccalaureate programs; 4) providing professional development for high school and community college faculty to encourage widespread adoption of the curriculum; and 5) establishing a model for a shared program that can be replicated nationally. Project partners include the Ohio Supercomputer Center, three community colleges (Owens Community College, Toledo, OH; Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH; and Stark State College of Technology, Canton, OH), and Project Lead the Way. Intellectual Merit:Computational science and the use of modeling and simulation have been cited as keys to continued U. S. leadership in science and engineering. The project is creating shared multi-institutional educational modules and an associate degree program that interests a broader range of students in science careers, improves their retention in the calculus sequence, and provides strong linkages to high school teachers and students and baccalaureate degree programs. Broader Impacts:Professional development activities for faculty at high schools and Appalachian institutions disseminate the project benefits to underserved rural areas of the state. Faculty and students from those underserved areas are given multiple mechanisms to advance their own academic careers via access to local community colleges, online instructional materials and courses, and high school courses through the Project Lead the Way program.