CryptoClub Afterschool and Online: Broad Implementation

CryptoClub 课后和在线：广泛实施

• 批准号: 1612533
• 负责人: Janet Beissinger
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612533&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CryptoClub; Afterschool; Online; Broad; Implementation

As a part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program funds research and innovative resources for use in a variety of settings. This Broad Implementation project would scale up the CryptoClub Project, an afterschool and online program designed to engage middle school youth in mathematics and cryptography. The project builds on previous successful work and evaluation that is ready for scale up using a train-the-trainer model implemented through a partnership with the National Girls Collaborative. The project will train 160 new CryptoClub leaders who will then train 800 new leaders at 20 hub sites reaching 9600 students. In addition, professional development modules and webinars will continue to refresh leader skills. Other project components include an online multiplayer cryptography game, weekly challenges through social media, and digital cryptology badges for students. The research uses a think-aloud method with students as they actually attempt to solve the cryptology problems using mathematical thinking. Three think-aloud studies will be performed during the Project. The research team will code transcripts of the interviews for evidence of the mathematical thinking intended to be addressed by each activity, as well as capturing unexpected kinds of thinking. Tasks will also be rated according to the type of knowledge elicited. A written report will include statistical analyses of the think-aloud and interview responses, interpreted in light of the overall CryptoClub goals. The findings will contribute to both future research efforts and practice. The evaluation by EDC uses a quasi-experimental design, which assesses project outcomes for trainers, leaders, students, and Internet users. EDC will also investigate the fidelity to the CryptoClub model as it is scaled up. These studies have strong potential for informing numerous other projects that are at a stage where scale up is under consideration.

作为加强非正式环境中学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式 STEM 学习 (AISL) 计划资助研究和创新资源，以供在各种环境中使用。 这个广泛实施项目将扩大 CryptoClub 项目的规模，这是一个课后在线项目，旨在吸引中学生学习数学和密码学。 该项目建立在之前成功的工作和评估的基础上，准备使用通过与国家女童合作组织合作实施的培训师培训模式来扩大规模。该项目将培训 160 名新的 CryptoClub 领导者，然后他们将在 20 个中心站点培训 800 名新领导者，覆盖 9600 名学生。 此外，专业发展模块和网络研讨会将继续刷新领导者技能。 其他项目组成部分包括在线多人密码学游戏、通过社交媒体进行的每周挑战以及为学生提供的数字密码学徽章。 该研究采用了学生有声思考的方法，让他们实际尝试使用数学思维解决密码学问题。该项目期间将进行三项有声思考研究。 研究团队将对访谈记录进行编码，以获取每项活动旨在解决的数学思维的证据，并捕获意想不到的思维类型。任务还将根据所获得的知识类型进行评级。书面报告将包括对有声思考和访谈回复的统计分析，并根据 CryptoClub 的总体目标进行解释。研究结果将有助于未来的研究工作和实践。 EDC 的评估采用准实验设计，评估培训师、领导者、学生和互联网用户的项目成果。 EDC 还将调查 CryptoClub 模型规模扩大时的保真度。这些研究具有很大的潜力，可以为许多其他处于考虑扩大规模的其他项目提供信息。