Strategic Problem-based Approach to Rouse Computer Science (SPARCS)

基于问题的战略方法激发计算机科学 (SPARCS)

• 批准号: 1433788
• 负责人: Harvey Siy
• 金额: $ 114.44万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1433788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strategic; Problem; based; Approach; Rouse

The SPARCS project will support 72 teachers of grades 7-9 to integrate computer science into their science and math instruction. Because the world is adopting computational tools quickly, students need to learn about how computational technology can be leveraged to make informed decisions. This project will help teachers integrate computational thinking and computer science principles into their teaching through these tools, by engaging students in projects that analyze data. The question of how to support secondary teachers to integrate computer science and real world related applications into their STEM instruction is on the cutting edge. This project will inform this issue. Teachers will participate in a summer institute, online courses in computer science, monthly meetings during the school year, and mentorship with industry professionals. During the summer institute, teachers will work in small teams to create activities within a problem-based learning (PBL) framework, which they will implement in their classrooms during the school year. These activities will be informed by existing curricular resources, publicly available electronic data, and advice from industry experts and project staff. The efforts of these teachers will be documented through several forms of data, including elaborate teacher portfolios, observations, interviews, and student achievement results. These data will support refinement of the project from year 1 to year 3, and will be designed to communicate to other educators how to implement similar efforts in other schools.

SPARCS项目将支持72年级的72名教师，以将计算机科学纳入其科学和数学教学。由于世界正在迅速采用计算工具，因此学生需要了解如何利用计算技术来做出明智的决定。 该项目将通过使学生参与分析数据的项目来帮助教师通过这些工具将计算思维和计算机科学原理整合到他们的教学中。 如何支持二级教师将计算机科学和现实世界相关的应用程序整合到其STEM教学中的问题是最前沿的。该项目将为这个问题提供信息。 教师将参加夏季学院，计算机科学的在线课程，学年的月度会议以及与行业专业人员的指导。在夏季学院期间，教师将在小型团队中工作，以基于问题的学习（PBL）框架进行活动，他们将在学年在课堂上实施。这些活动将通过现有的课程资源，公开可用的电子数据以及行业专家和项目人员的建议来告知这些活动。 这些教师的努力将通过几种形式的数据进行记录，包括精心设计的教师投资组合，观察，访谈和学生成就结果。这些数据将支持从1年级到3年级的项目的完善，并将旨在与其他教育者交流如何在其他学校实施类似的努力。