CCLI: Preparing At-Risk Students for CS1 and Calculus

计算机科学（31）CS1和微积分是计算机科学和计算机工程专业的主要障碍，阿肯色州大学的教师发现，ACT分数低于26分的学生没有充分准备进入这些课程并取得成功。为了帮助学生克服CS1和微积分的障碍，该项目正在开发一个预备CS0课程，其中编程教学的重点是微积分作为一个应用领域。通过这门课程，学生不仅获得了在后续课程中取得成功的技能和信心，而且他们的接触使随后的微积分课程中提出的想法看起来很熟悉，不那么令人生畏。在CS0课程中，学生通过实现非常小而优雅的程序来探索微积分。这门课程是鼓励学生未能达到ACT分数门槛。这最终将是这些学生所需要的。本课程的两个关键组成部分是：一个简单的，但表现力强的编程语言，和一个微积分文本，以清晰简洁的方式解释微积分的基础知识，并与编程基础知识的介绍同步发展的想法。CS0课程是提高来自各种社会经济背景的风险学生的表现和保留。衡量项目成功的主要指标是GPA和保留统计数据。

Computer Science (31)CS1 and calculus are major hurdles for computer science and computer engineering majors, and faculty members at the University of Arkansas have found that students entering their programs with an ACT score below 26 are not adequately prepared to enter and succeed in these courses. To help students overcome the CS1 and calculus hurdles, this project is developing a preparatory CS0 course in which the teaching of programming is focused on calculus as an application area. Through this course, students not only are gaining the skills and confidence to succeed in subsequent courses, but also their exposure is making the ideas presented in the subsequent Calculus I course seem familiar and less intimidating. In the CS0 course, students are exploring calculus through the implementation of very small and elegant programs. This course is being encouraged for students failing to reach the ACT score threshold. It will ultimately be required for these students. The two critical components of this course are: a simple, yet expressive programming language, and a calculus text that explains the basics of calculus in a clear and concise manner, and develops ideas in step with the introduction of programming fundamentals.The CS0 course is boosting the performance and retention of at-risk students from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The primary metrics for measuring project success are GPA and retention statistics.