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，该组织可以管理，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会。一个很大的组成部分是在美国选定的几个城市建立飞行员奥林匹克运动会。该项目的具体目标包括：（1）确定一组基础技能，这些技能是大学和高中之前可以教授的计算思维的基础;（2）确定一种吸引各种学生的问题和场景的风格;（3）实施一个培训课程和竞赛问题，以培养这些基础技能。创建计算思维奥林匹克竞赛有两个主要原因。首先，将计算思维的基本原理暴露给该领域的潜在研究人员和从业人员，从而增加计算的参与和多样性。其次，确保该项目之外的长期影响。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）鼓励学生在一个既合作又竞争的竞技场中享受计算思维的乐趣;（2）鼓励学生继续接受计算教育;（3）向那些没有接触到插入部分的人介绍计算的未插入部分;（4）表明计算思维不是“公正”的编程。

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.