Transition: Alice 2 to Alice 3 in Community Colleges

这个ATE项目解决了社区学院计算技术教育中的三个问题：（1）需要减少计算机科学和信息技术课程的第一年流失率，（2）需要适应社区学院学生的入门编程教学的创新方法，以及（3）需要提供有效的社区学院教师开发材料，用于使用创新方法的培训。在我们之前的ATE项目JABRWOC（#0302542）中，他们研究了在社区大学的CS1预科课程中教授可视化基础编程概念的效果。在这个项目中，在JABRWOC中测试的创新方法将被扩展到社区大学的CS1课程中，包括从Alice到Java的过渡，使用新的，更强大的软件版本。此外，该项目建议开发一个同伴指导模式和讲习班材料，旨在支持社区大学教师，因为他们学习用这种创新的方法教学。通过我们的评估工作，我们将研究这种方法的有效性保留学生在CS1前和CS1课程和社区学院教师的同伴指导模式和研讨会材料的有效性。

This ATE Project project addresses three issues in computing technology education in community colleges: (1) the need to reduce first-year attrition rates in computer science and information technology programs, (2) the need to adapt innovative approaches for teaching introductory programming to community college students, and (3) the need to provide effective community college faculty development materials for training in using innovative approaches. In our previous ATE project, JABRWOC (#0302542), they studied the effects of teaching fundamental programming concepts with visualization in pre-CS1 courses in community colleges. In this project, the innovative approach tested in JABRWOC will be extended to include a transition from Alice to Java in CS1 courses in community colleges, using the new, more powerful version of the software. In addition, this project proposes to develop a peer mentoring model and workshop materials designed to support community college faculty as they learn to teach with this innovative approach. Through our evaluation efforts, we will study the effectiveness of this approach for retaining students in pre-CS1 and CS1 courses and the effectiveness of the peer mentoring model and workshop materials for community college instructors.