Collaborative Research: BP: CS Unplugged: Encourage Computing without Computers

合作研究：BP：CS Unplugged：鼓励无需计算机的计算

• 批准号: 1240966
• 负责人: Wendy DuBow
• 金额: $ 6.47万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 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: 2012-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1240966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; BP; CS; Unplugged

Colorado School of Mines, in collaboration with the National Center for Women & Information Technology at the University of Colorado, will implement and evaluate Computer Science (CS) Unplugged activities at five middle schools in the Jefferson County Public Schools district. CS Unplugged activities are designed to engage students in computational thinking activities without using computers. Many in the CS community hypothesize that the absence of a computer and the social of the Unplugged activities make CS Unplugged especially engaging for female and under-represented minority students who tend to have less experience and confidence with computing concepts. But what is the impact of Unplugged on students? Using pre- and post-surveys and learning assessments the project team will explore a number of questions to assess the impact of Unplugged activities on students. For example, does participation in CS Unplugged activities actually have a positive impact on students' interest (especially women and underrepresented minorities) in pursuing computing as a major or career? Can exposure to CS concepts in a more accessible format (i.e., with no computers) increase students' confidence that they are able to learn the fundamentals required to continue in the field? In addition to evaluating the impact on students, the project team will explore how to effectively incorporate CS Unplugged activities in a middle-school classroom, and how to encourage middle school teachers to include CS Unplugged activities and CS concepts in their classroom instruction.Many K-12 school students have had limited exposure to computing concepts, and therefore, have a very poor understanding of what computing education and careers involve. To address this lack of knowledge, an international community of CS Unplugged contributors has developed activities to illustrate the kind of thinking that is expected of a computer scientist. CS Unplugged activities involve problem solving to achieve a goal, and engage students via kinesthetic activities, games, magic tricks, and competitions. Studies have shown that middle school is where students' interest in computing deteriorates; thus, this project will extend CS Unplugged activities with career information and then assess the impact of the Unplugged activities in the largest school district in Colorado with significant student diversity.

科罗拉多矿业学院将与科罗拉多大学国家妇女与信息技术中心合作，在杰斐逊县公立学区的五所中学实施和评估计算机科学 (CS) Unplugged 活动。 CS Unplugged 活动旨在让学生在不使用计算机的情况下参与计算思维活动。 CS 社区中的许多人假设，由于没有计算机以及 Unplugged 活动的社交性，使得 CS Unplugged 特别吸引女性和代表性不足的少数族裔学生，因为她们对计算概念的经验和信心往往较差。但Unplugged对学生有什么影响呢？通过事前和事后调查以及学习评估，项目团队将探讨一些问题，以评估 Unplugged 活动对学生的影响。例如，参加 CS Unplugged 活动实际上会对学生（尤其是女性和代表性不足的少数族裔）追求计算机作为专业或职业的兴趣产生积极影响吗？以更容易理解的方式（即无需计算机）接触计算机科学概念是否可以增加学生的信心，让他们相信自己能够学习继续该领域所需的基础知识？ 除了评估对学生的影响外，项目组还将探讨如何将 CS Unplugged 活动有效融入中学课堂，以及如何鼓励中学教师将 CS Unplugged 活动和 CS 概念纳入课堂教学。 -12 名学生对计算机概念的接触有限，因此对计算机教育和职业所涉及的内容了解甚少。为了解决这种知识缺乏的问题，CS Unplugged 贡献者国际社区开展了一些活动来说明计算机科学家所期望的思维方式。 CS Unplugged 活动涉及解决问题以实现目标，并通过动觉活动、游戏、魔术和竞赛吸引学生。研究表明，中学阶段是学生对计算机兴趣下降的阶段；因此，该项目将通过职业信息扩展 CS Unplugged 活动，然后评估 Unplugged 活动对科罗拉多州最大的学区（具有显着的学生多样性）的影响。