Building Computational Thinkers through Informal Exhibit Experiences

通过非正式的展览体验培养计算思想家

• 批准号: 1339244
• 负责人: Christine Reich
• 金额: $ 39.37万
• 依托单位: Museum of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-12-01 至 2018-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1339244&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Computational; Thinkers; through; Informal

The Museum of Science in Boston will investigate different museum exhibit design strategies for building computational thinking capacity among diverse middle and high school learners. The goal of this project is to identify how novice learners can be supported to make sense of and interact with computational thinking tools, problem solving strategies, and technical solutions. Exhibits designed in this project will support visitors to engage with the steps of algorithmic problem solving and to evaluate the efficiency and correctness of algorithms. Each of the exhibits involved in this project will undergo initial design and development, including formative prototyping and evaluation to ensure they are easily usable and meet intended educational goals. This traveling museum exhibition has the potential not only to stimulate awareness and practice of computational thinking skills, but also to stimulate capacity, interest, and self-efficacy for computing and computing careers among diverse learners who may not otherwise have exposure to computational thinking.

波士顿科学博物馆将研究不同的博物馆展览设计策略，以培养不同初中和高中学习者的计算思维能力。 该项目的目标是确定如何支持新手学习者理解计算思维工具、问题解决策略和技术解决方案并与之互动。 该项目设计的展品将支持参观者参与算法问题解决的步骤并评估算法的效率和正确性。 该项目涉及的每个展品都将经过初步设计和开发，包括形成原型和评估，以确保它们易于使用并满足预期的教育目标。 这个巡回博物馆展览不仅有可能激发对计算思维技能的认识和实践，而且有可能激发那些可能没有接触过计算思维的不同学习者对计算和计算职业的能力、兴趣和自我效能。