Collaborative Research: CER: Building a Theory of Badges for Computer Science Education

合作研究：CER：构建计算机科学教育徽章理论

• 批准号: 1339354
• 负责人: Robin Shoop
• 金额: $ 26.87万
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1339354&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CER; Building; Theory

The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University will test and refine a Theory of Badges applied to Computer Science Education. Given that badges have recently attracted a great deal of attention as both motivator and assessment marker, the goal of the project is to create a foundation of principles that will guide the design of future Computer Science badging initiatives. The team will experimentally manipulate the use of badges within an ongoing Computer Science education development project that leverages highly popular robotics competitions as the distribution channel. They will monitor and adapt the form and content of assessments and badge representations in computer science content modules to try to achieve the best possible outcomes for student participants (learner persistence, computer science content learning, and computer science career interest) as predicted by the current iteration of their badge theory. Researchers will explicitly track and publish data for underrepresented minorities, women, and economically disadvantaged students to see whether badges are particularly effective or encounter obstacles specific to these populations.

匹兹堡大学和卡内基梅隆大学将测试和完善适用于计算机科学教育的徽章理论。 鉴于徽章最近作为动机和评估标记引起了广泛关注，因此该项目的目标是建立一个原则的基础，以指导未来的计算机科学徽章计划的设计。 该团队将在一个正在进行的计算机科学教育开发项目中操纵徽章的使用，该项目利用了广受欢迎的机器人竞赛作为分销渠道。 他们将在计算机科学内容模块中监视和调整评估和徽章表示的形式和内容，以试图实现学生参与者的最佳成果（学习者的持久性，计算机科学内容学习和计算机科学职业兴趣），这是其徽章理论的当前迭代所预测的。 研究人员将明确跟踪和发布代表性不足的少数民族，妇女和经济不利的学生的数据，以查看徽章是特别有效还是遇到特定的这些人群的障碍。