Collaborative Research: Peer Instruction in Computer Science

协作研究：计算机科学中的同伴指导

• 批准号: 1140633
• 负责人: John Glick
• 金额: $ 2.11万
• 依托单位: University of San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140633&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Peer; Instruction; Computer

This collaborative project builds on existing STEM education knowledge by examining the value, adaptability, and adoptability of Peer Instruction (PI) in the computing classroom at three different types of institutions. The work develops and disseminates curricular materials (including reading quizzes, exploratory homework, PI clicker questions with supporting meta-data) for six computer science courses at different levels in the curriculum: CS0, CS1, CS2, computer organization, computer architecture, and theory of computation. Peer Instruction materials previously developed for CS1 in media computation and the proposed AP CS Principles course (in Alice) are being expanded and disseminated along with the newly developed PI materials through a publicly available web-site, a workshop, conference presentations, and publications.The broader impact of this work is to dramatically improve both classroom climate and learning gains by bringing a student-centered learning environment, Peer Instruction, to a range of computing courses. The project evaluates the classroom materials, the faculty experiences, and the student learning gains. A preliminary exploration is done of supportive processes to enable PI adoption by other faculty through a variety of methods. Additionally, the project assesses and reports on various forms of learning gains and student attitudes that result from PI use in the four higher level courses using a variety of techniques including: pre- and post-tests, comparative exam performance evaluation, common clicker questions during class-time, and an attitudinal survey.

该协作项目通过研究三种不同类型的机构的计算教室中的同伴教学（PI）的价值，适应性和可采用性来建立在现有的STEM教育知识上。该作品开发和传播课程材料（包括阅读测验，探索性家庭作业，PI点击器问题，并提供支持Meta-data）在课程中不同级别的六个计算机科学课程：CS0，CS1，CS2，计算机组织，计算机，计算机架构和计算理论。以前在媒体计算中为CS1开发的同行指导材料以及提议的AP CS原理课程（在爱丽丝）通过公开可用的网站，一个研讨会，研讨会和出版物以及新开发的PI材料以及新开发的PI材料进行扩展和分散。这项工作的更广泛的影响是通过使社会氛围和学习的范围来促进范围内的范围，从而使一定的范围内的范围内的范围内的范围来培训。 该项目评估了课堂材料，教师的经验和学生学习的收益。初步探索是通过支持过程进行的，以通过多种方法使其他教师的采用。此外，该项目还评估了和报告有关在四个高级课程中使用PI在四种高级课程中使用的各种形式的学习收益和学生态度，其中包括以下各种技术，包括：预测试和后测试后，比较考试绩效评估，上课期间的常见点击问题以及态度调查。