Collaborative Research: Peer Instruction in Computer Science

这个合作项目建立在现有STEM教育知识的基础上，通过检查三种不同类型机构的计算课堂中的同行教学(PI)的价值、适应性和可采纳性。这项工作为课程中六门不同级别的计算机科学课程开发和传播课程材料(包括阅读测验、探索性作业、PI点击问题和支持元数据)：CS0、CS1、CS2、计算机组成、计算机体系结构和计算理论。以前为媒体计算的CS1和拟议的AP CS原理课程(在Alice)开发的同行教学材料正在通过公开的网站、研讨会、会议演示和出版物与新开发的PI材料一起扩展和传播。这项工作的更广泛影响是通过在一系列计算课程中引入以学生为中心的学习环境，显著改善课堂气氛和学习成果。该项目评估课堂材料、教师经验和学生的学习收获。初步探索了支持过程，以使其他教员能够通过各种方法采用PI。此外，该项目使用各种技术评估和报告了在四门较高级别的课程中使用PI所产生的各种形式的学习收获和学生态度，包括：考试前和考试后，比较考试成绩评估，课堂上常见的点击问题，以及态度调查。

This collaborative project builds on existing STEM education knowledge by examining the value, adaptability, and adoptability of Peer Instruction (PI) in the computing classroom at three different types of institutions. The work develops and disseminates curricular materials (including reading quizzes, exploratory homework, PI clicker questions with supporting meta-data) for six computer science courses at different levels in the curriculum: CS0, CS1, CS2, computer organization, computer architecture, and theory of computation. Peer Instruction materials previously developed for CS1 in media computation and the proposed AP CS Principles course (in Alice) are being expanded and disseminated along with the newly developed PI materials through a publicly available web-site, a workshop, conference presentations, and publications.The broader impact of this work is to dramatically improve both classroom climate and learning gains by bringing a student-centered learning environment, Peer Instruction, to a range of computing courses. The project evaluates the classroom materials, the faculty experiences, and the student learning gains. A preliminary exploration is done of supportive processes to enable PI adoption by other faculty through a variety of methods. Additionally, the project assesses and reports on various forms of learning gains and student attitudes that result from PI use in the four higher level courses using a variety of techniques including: pre- and post-tests, comparative exam performance evaluation, common clicker questions during class-time, and an attitudinal survey.