Bringing Computer Science to High Schools in Rural Appalachia

阿巴拉契亚州立大学（AppState）与北卡罗来纳州周五教育创新研究所合作，提出了一个项目——CS4App：将计算机科学带入阿巴拉契亚农村高中——以扩大和多样化农村高中的计算机科学（CS）教育。该项目将深入了解生活在阿巴拉契亚等高贫困率地区的高中生在计算机科学教育方面面临的障碍，并将制定一项综合计划，为他们的教师教授AP计算机科学原理（CSP）课程做准备和提供支持。CS4App将开发一个网络改进社区（NIC），与AppState的教师和地区教师合作，在他们的学校提供CSP。周五学院将提供以研究为基础的教师专业发展（PD）的有效结合，包括夏季为期4周的强化培训和学年期间的持续互动。PD将介绍计算机科学的技术和教学内容，以及领导力发展、探究式教学和学生公平问题。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Appalachian State University (AppState), partnering with the Friday Institute of Educational Innovation at North Carolina State, proposes a project -- CS4App: Bringing Computer Science to High Schools in Rural Appalachia -- to expand and diversify Computer Science (CS) education in rural high schools. The project will gain insight into the obstacles to CS education faced by high school students living regions such as Appalachia with high rates of poverty, and it will develop a comprehensive program to prepare and support their teachers in teaching an AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course.CS4App will develop a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) partnering AppState faculty and regional teachers with an interest in offering CSP at their school. The Friday Institute will deliver an effective blend of research-based teacher professional development (PD) including a 4-week, intensive training in the summer and continued interactions during the school year. The PD will introduce CS technical and pedagogical content, as well as leadership development, inquiry-based instruction, and student equity issues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.