BCSER: Investigating the Approaches for Improving Computer Science Pathways at Native American Tribal Schools

推进计算机科学的参与对于满足NSF的目标和国家利益是重要的。亚利桑那州立大学旨在通过共同开发与文化相关的计算机科学编程，改善美国土著部落学校学生的计算机科学途径。纳瓦霍部落高中的教师将使用现实世界的编程练习，重点关注社区，自然和艺术，以提供对计算及其应用的更丰富的理解。该项目旨在评估一系列高中计算机科学课程中提供的各种教学原型。该项目还通过教育研究设计和分析方面的培训以及在部落国家开展研究的经验，建立了PI的研究能力。通过提高美国土著学生在STEM方面的知识，该项目支持计算机科学领域多样化和熟练劳动力的发展。这个项目的目标是通过使用上下文化的代表性框架测试共同开发的教学原型来进行基于设计的迭代研究。该研究旨在建立实践社区，其中包括来自学区管理人员、研究人员和社区成员的代表。在认知学习、建构主义理论和情境学习理论的基础上，该项目的范围是扩大计算机科学在美洲原住民课堂上的可接受性，并使其对教师和学生都有意义。学生和教师的观点都将使用混合方法进行评估，包括调查、课程嵌入评估、工作样本、焦点小组和能力评估。该项目旨在解决计算机科学教育中的文化、背景和编码如何支持美国土著学生在计算机科学学习经验、兴趣和成就的数量和质量的提高。该项目得到了EHR核心研究：STEM教育研究能力建设（ECR: BCSER）竞赛的支持，该竞赛旨在培养个人在STEM学习和学习环境中开展高质量基础STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM劳动力的发展。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。

Advancing participation in computer science is significant for meeting NSF’s goals and benefits the nation. Arizona State University aims to improve pathways in computer science for Native American tribal school students through co-developed culturally relevant computer science programming. Teachers in tribal high schools on the Navajo Nation will use real-world coding exercises that focus on communities, nature, and the arts to provide a richer understanding of computing and its applications. The project aims to evaluate various instructional prototypes delivered in a series of high school computer science courses. The project also builds research capacity in the PI through training in education research design and analyses and experience conducting research with tribal nations. Through advancing knowledge of Native American students in STEM, this project supports the development of a diverse and skilled workforce in computer science. The goal of this project is to conduct iterative design-based research through testing co-developed instructional prototypes using a contextualized representative framework. The research aims to build communities of practice that include representatives from school district administrators, researchers, and community members. Grounded in epistemic learning, constructivist theory, and situated learning theory, the scope of the project is to broaden the acceptability of computer science in Native American classrooms and make it meaningful for both teachers and students. Both student and teacher perspectives will be gauged using mixed methods approaches including surveys, curriculum-embedded assessments, work samples, focus groups, and competence assessments. The project aims to address the ways in which culture, context, and coding in computer science education support increases in quantity and quality of computer science learning experiences, interest, and achievement in computer science for Native American students. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) competition that is designed to build individuals’ capacity to carry out high quality fundamental STEM education research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.