Using Computational Thinking to Model a New Course: Advanced Placement Computer Science: Principles

美国大学理事会提议开设一门新的大学先修课程——AP计算机科学：原理——这门课程将侧重于计算机的原理和实践，让更多的学生为21世纪竞争激烈的劳动力做好准备。新课程将与2002年国家研究委员会的建议保持一致，即AP课程“反映我们对学生学习方式的了解；培养学生的可转移性、概念性理解和探究能力；并传达一个学科的内容和统一的概念。”课程将是引人入胜的，容易理解的，鼓舞人心的，严谨的。它旨在培养对计算机科学学科更广泛的吸引力，并为STEM专业的学生做好更好的准备。美国大学理事会细致的AP课程开发过程，已经在nsf资助的其他几门AP科学课程的重新设计中得到证实和彻底审查，将为开发新课程的课程提供框架。该提案的具体交付成果将是：1)AP CS原理课程；2)在中学和大学设置课程试点的设计；3)试点和课程评价的实施；4)一套基于计算机的原型评估项目。

The College Board proposes to create a new Advanced Placement (AP) course - AP Computer Science: Principles - that will focus on the principles and practices of computing, preparing more students for a competitive 21st century workforce. The new course will be consistent with the 2002 National Research Council recommendation that AP courses "reflect what we know about how students learn; build students' transferable, conceptual understanding and inquiry skills; and convey the content and unifying concepts of a discipline." The course will be engaging, accessible, inspiring, and rigorous. It is intended to foster a wider appeal for the CS discipline and better prepare STEM majors. The College Board's meticulous AP course development process, already proven and thoroughly vetted in the NSF-funded redesign of several other AP science courses, will provide the framework for developing the new course's curriculum. Specific deliverables of the proposal will be: 1) the AP CS Principles course; 2) the design of course pilots in both secondary and post-secondary settings; 3) implementation of the pilots and curriculum evaluations; and 4) a suite of computer-based, prototype assessment items.