Collaborative Research: EAGER: Computational Thinking Olympiad

这个项目的重点是为一个自我维持的组织开发基础设施，这个组织可以管理、发展和传播涉及年轻学生（初中和初中）的计算思维的奥林匹克运动。一个很大的组成部分是在美国选定的几个城市建立试点奥运会。该项目的具体目标包括：(1)确定一套可以在大学和高中之前教授的计算思维的基本技能；(2)确定一种类型的问题和场景，吸引各种各样的学生；(3)实施培训课程和竞赛问题课程，以举例说明这些基本技能。创建计算思维奥林匹克竞赛有两个主要原因。首先，向该领域潜在的研究人员和实践者的广大受众展示计算思维的基础，从而增加计算的参与和多样性。第二，确保项目之后的长期影响。计算思维奥林匹克竞赛的成功举办将对我们的社会产生重大影响，它将向中学生介绍计算思维的广度和深度：(1)鼓励学生在一个合作与竞争并存的舞台上享受计算思维的乐趣；(2)鼓励学生进修电脑；（三）向没有接触过已插入的电脑部件的人士介绍未插入的电脑部件；(4)表明计算思维并不“仅仅”是编程。

This project focuses on developing the infrastructure for a self-sustaining organization that can manage, grow, and evangelize olympiads that involve young students (middle and junior high) in computational thinking. A large component is the creation of pilot olympiads in a select few cities in the United States. Specific goals of this project include: (1) identifying a set of foundational skills that underlie computational thinking that can be taught before college and high school; (2) identifying a style of problems and scenarios that engage a wide variety of students; and (3) implementing a curriculum of training sessions and contest questions that exemplify those foundational skills.There are two broad reasons for creating a Computational Thinking Olympiad. First, to expose the fundamentals of computational thinking to a broad audience of potential researchers and practitioners in the field, thus increasing participation and diversity in computing. Second, to ensure long-lasting impact beyond of this project.The success of the Computational Thinking Olympiad will have a significant impact on our society by introducing middle school students to computational thinking in its breadth and depth: (1) encouraging students to have fun with the computational thinking in an arena that is both cooperative and competitive; (2) encouraging students to pursue education in computing; (3) introducing the unplugged parts of computing to those who have not had access to the plugged-in parts; and (4) showing that computational thinking is not ``just'' programming.