Collaborative Research: Alice += Java

合作研究：Alice = Java

• 批准号: 0736945
• 负责人: Donald Slater
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0736945&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Alice; +=; Java

Computer Science (31)The project is a collaboration involving St Joseph's University, Ithaca College, and Carnegie-Mellon University. It is integrating Alice, which is a high-impact, high-interest program visualization environment, into the first computer science course. Previous work has provided evidence that this approach can significantly improve achievement and retention of high-risk CS-majors during their first year. The project team is developing instructional materials, including a textbook, laboratory exercises, and lecture/demonstration slides, for teaching the first computer science course using this integrated approach. The major emphasis is using visualization to teach a strong core of fundamental programming concepts and problem-solving techniques in an object-oriented, interactive environment. The effort addresses the high attrition rate of CS-majors during their first year of study, and the investigators are collecting data to determine whether using Alice in the first computer science course reduces the first-year attrition rate. Evaluation efforts include peer reviews, student attitudes and focus groups, attitude surveys, and retention statistics for formative and summative evaluation. The investigators are making all materials available online and disseminating their approach and results through journal articles and presentation at SIGCSE, ITiCSE, FIE, CHI, HCC, and CIT and, for community college faculty, at the Conference for Information Technology and Innovations Conferences, and finally at several Prentice Hall Information Technology (PHIT) Conferences. They also are planning to produce a textbook and create an online community. Broader impacts focus on the wide dissemination of their instructional materials.

计算机科学 (31) 该项目是圣约瑟夫大学、伊萨卡学院和卡内基梅隆大学的合作项目。 它将Alice（一个高影响力、高趣味性的程序可视化环境）集成到第一门计算机科学课程中。之前的工作已经证明，这种方法可以显着提高高风险计算机专业第一年的成绩和保留率。该项目团队正在开发教学材料，包括教科书、实验练习和讲座/演示幻灯片，用于使用这种综合方法教授第一门计算机科学课程。 主要重点是使用可视化在面向对象的交互式环境中教授基本编程概念和问题解决技术的核心。 这项工作解决了计算机科学专业第一年学习期间的高退学率问题，研究人员正在收集数据，以确定在第一门计算机科学课程中使用 Alice 是否会降低第一年的退学率。评估工作包括同行评审、学生态度和焦点小组、态度调查以及形成性和总结性评估的保留统计数据。 研究人员正在网上提供所有材料，并通过期刊文章和在 SIGCSE、ITiCSE、FIE、CHI、HCC 和 CIT 上的演讲以及社区学院教师在信息技术和创新会议上的演讲来传播他们的方法和结果，以及最后在几次 Prentice Hall 信息技术 (PHIT) 会议上。他们还计划制作一本教科书并创建一个在线社区。 更广泛的影响集中在其教学材料的广泛传播。