Collaborative Research: EAGER: Computational Thinking Olympiad

合作研究：EAGER：计算思维奥林匹克竞赛

• 批准号: 1048437
• 负责人: Dragomir Radev
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1048437&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EAGER; Computational; Thinking

This project focuses on developing the infrastructure for a self-sustaining organization that can manage, grow, and evangelize olympiads that involve young students (middle and junior high) in computational thinking. A large component is the creation of pilot olympiads in a select few cities in the United States. Specific goals of this project include: (1) identifying a set of foundational skills that underlie computational thinking that can be taught before college and high school; (2) identifying a style of problems and scenarios that engage a wide variety of students; and (3) implementing a curriculum of training sessions and contest questions that exemplify those foundational skills. There are two broad reasons for creating a Computational Thinking Olympiad. First, to expose the fundamentals of computational thinking to a broad audience of potential researchers and practitioners in the field, thus increasing participation and diversity in computing. Second, to ensure long-lasting impact beyond of this project. The success of the Computational Thinking Olympiad will have a significant impact on our society by introducing middle school students to computational thinking in its breadth and depth: (1) encouraging students to have fun with the computational thinking in an arena that is both cooperative and competitive; (2) encouraging students to pursue education in computing; (3) introducing the unplugged parts of computing to those who have not had access to the plugged-in parts; and (4) showing that computational thinking is not ``just'' programming.

该项目着重于为一个自我维持的组织开发基础架构，该组织可以管理，成长和传播涉及年轻学生（中年和初中）的奥林匹克运动会。一个很大的组成部分是在美国的一些城市中创造了奥林匹克运动会。该项目的具体目标包括：（1）确定一组基础技能，这些技能是可以在大学和高中之前教授的计算思维的基础； （2）确定与各种各样的学生参与的问题和场景； （3）实施培训课程和竞赛问题的课程，以说明这些基本技能。创建计算思维奥林匹克运动会有两个广泛的原因。首先，将计算思维的基础知识揭示到该领域潜在的研究人员和从业者的广泛受众，从而增加了计算中的参与和多样性。其次，确保超出该项目的持久影响。通过向中学生介绍其广度和深度的计算思维，计算思维奥林匹克运动会的成功将对我们的社会产生重大影响：（1）鼓励学生在合作和竞争性的竞技场中与计算思维一起玩乐； （2）鼓励学生从事计算教育； （3）将计算的未插入部分引入那些无法访问插入零件的人； （4）表明计算思维不是``公正''编程。