Collaborative Research: Programming Standing Up

这个工程教育研究项目将开发软件和高中课程，使用移动的设备教授编程，让学生在开发虚拟机器人竞赛程序时四处走动并相互交流。 该项目是由一个假设，即一个移动的，协作编程平台将提高设计，生成和评估算法知识的学习成果。 这一假设被细分为四个可衡量的成果，重点是学习、方案编制知识的转移、参与和程序。 学习和系统开发都在拟议的研究中得到解决。更广泛的意义和重要性，这个项目，如果成功的话，是从根本上改变学生学习计算机素养。 学生们不是坐在电脑前开发程序，而是积极地四处走动，在为机器人比赛做准备的任务中进行互动。 这项工作可能会让更多样化的学生群体参与学习编程的基础知识，这是21世纪世纪劳动力的一项关键技能。

This engineering education research project will develop the software and high school curricula to teach programming using mobile devices that will allow students to walk around and interact with each other as they develop programs for virtual robotics competitions. The project is driven by the hypothesis that a mobile, collaborative programming platform will improve learning outcomes in designing, generating, and evaluating algorithmic knowledge. The hypothesis has been subdivided into four measurable outcomes focusing on learning, transfer of programming knowledge, engagement, and procedures. Both learning and system development are addressed in the proposed research.The broader significance and importance of this project, if successful, are to fundamentally change how students learn computer literacy. Rather than sitting at a computer to develop programs, students actively move around and interact in the task of preparing for robot competitions. This work may engage a more diverse group of students in learning the basics of programming, a key skill for the 21st century workforce.