Collaborative Research: CAFECS: Enhancing Culturally Responsive Teaching that Helps Students Build Connections Between Exploring Computer Science and their Lives

合作研究：CAFECS：加强文化响应式教学，帮助学生在探索计算机科学和他们的生活之间建立联系

• 批准号: 2031480
• 负责人: Steven McGee
• 金额: $ 71.87万
• 依托单位: The Learning Partnership
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-11-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2031480&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CAFECS; Enhancing; Culturally

The Learning Partnership, in collaboration with DePaul University and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will address gaps in computer science (CS) course performance among Latinx students in Chicago Public Schools. CPS uses Exploring Computer Science (ECS), a computer science curriculum designed to facilitate inquiry and equity-based instructional practices, yet Latinx students underperform in CS relative to their peers. Research shows that a learning environment that emphasizes the connection between students’ lives and academic content is particularly important for Latinx students, and the PIs postulate that this could explain the gap in outcomes for Latinx students in CPS. The goal of this proposal is to adapt the Build Connections program, a new evidence-based strategy to help teachers and students connect course content to students’ lives, as a complement to the ECS curriculum framework. The results of this project will contribute to the literature on culturally responsive pedagogy and further our understanding of the unique professional development needs of urban school districts.The Learning Partnership, in collaboration with DePaul University and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seeks to address variations in Exploring Computer Science (ECS) course outcomes for Latinx students in Chicago Public Schools, including course performance and future course taking. Prior evidence from the CAFÉCS coaching program suggests that teachers are not fully adapting lessons to accommodate students’ backgrounds. Research shows that a learning environment that emphasizes the connection between students’ lives and academic content is particularly important for Latinx students, and the PIs conjecture that this might explain the gap in outcomes for Latinx students in CPS. The goal of this proposal is to adapt and implement the Build Connections program, an emerging evidence-based strategy that helps teachers and students connect course content to students’ lives, as a complement to the ECS curriculum framework. The integration of the Build Connections program will help support teachers in developing the kinds of culturally responsive lesson adaptations recommended by ECS. The project will provide online professional development, integrate support for the Build Connections program into ECS instructional coaching, and mentoring for the ECS coaches from an expert in improvement science. The results of this project will provide guidance to researchers on how to test their theories in practically relevant and meaningful ways, and the research will contribute to the literature on understanding the unique professional development needs of urban districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

学习合作伙伴关系与德保罗大学和芝加哥公立学校 (CPS) 合作，将利用探索计算机科学 (ECS) 来解决芝加哥公立学校的拉丁裔学生在计算机科学 (CS) 课程中的表现差距。促进探究和基于公平的教学实践，但与同龄人相比，拉丁裔学生在计算机科学方面的表现较差 研究表明，强调学生生活与学术内容之间联系的学习环境对于拉丁裔学生尤为重要，PI 假设：这可以解释拉丁裔学生在 CPS 中的成绩差距。该提案的目标是调整“建立联系”计划，这是一种新的基于证据的策略，帮助教师和学生将课程内容与学生的生活联系起来，作为对课程内容的补充。 ECS 课程框架。该项目的成果将有助于撰写关于文化响应式教学法的文献，并进一步加深我们对城市学区独特专业发展需求的理解。学习伙伴关系与德保罗大学和芝加哥公立学校 (CPS) 合作寻求。解决变化探索芝加哥公立学校拉丁裔学生的计算机科学 (ECS) 课程成果，包括课程表现和未来的课程学习 来自 CAFÉCS 辅导计划的先前证据表明，教师没有充分调整课程以适应学生的背景。强调学生生活和学术内容之间联系的环境对于拉丁裔学生尤其重要，PI 推测这可能解释了拉丁裔学生在 CPS 中的成绩差距。该提案的目标是适应和实施构建。连接计划是一种新兴的基于证据的策略，可帮助教师和学生将课程内容与学生的生活联系起来，作为 ECS 课程框架的补充。“建立连接”计划的整合将有助于支持教师开发文化响应式课程。该项目将提供在线专业发展，将对“建立联系”计划的支持整合到 ECS 教学辅导中，并由改进科学专家对 ECS 教练进行指导。该项目的结果将为研究人员提供指导。来检验他们的理论该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。