Building High-Quality K-12 Computer Science Education Research Across an Outcome Framework of Equitable Capacity, Access, Participation, and Experience

在公平能力、访问、参与和经验的成果框架内构建高质量的 K-12 计算机科学教育研究

• 批准号: 2122213
• 负责人: Sarah Heckman
• 金额: $ 20.26万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Quality; 12; Computer; Science

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project seeks to address the critical need for high-quality, equity-focused K-12 computing education research (CER) across the U.S. to meet the needs of finding promising practices for teaching computing to all students. The research will analyze existing and ongoing research and develop guidelines for conducting high-quality, equity-focused research. One goal is to identify barriers and gaps in equity-focused research across K-12 computing education using the Capacity, Access, Participation, and Experience (CAPE) framework as a lens for analysis. Those results will be used to develop workshops to build the capacity of researchers to include and focus on equity. The research questions ask:1) How comprehensive is K-12 CER in explicitly addressing broadening participation in computing or equity goals?2) What are the barriers that prevent K-12 computing education researchers from conducting research?3) How effective are new resources, materials and workshops specifically created to address the gaps in and barriers to producing high-quality, equity-focused K-12 CER?The project will first frame prior research against the CAPE framework to identify barriers researchers face when conducting high-quality research inequitable K-12 computing education. Using results from that effort and input from experts, the researchers will develop recommendations and resources for expanding coverage of equitable, high-quality K-12 computing education research. Finally, the research team will design and test workshops to train researchers in equitable K-12 CER methods and practices. The project will directly impact the quality of computer science education research conducted. In turn, this will lead to better analysis and identification of programs, curricula, training, and interventions that improve participation and experiences of populations historically underserved and underrepresented in K-12 computing education.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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金根据《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）提供。该项目旨在满足高质量、注重公平的 K-12 计算教育研究 (CER) 的迫切需求以满足寻找有希望的向所有学生教授计算机的实践的需求。该研究将分析现有和正在进行的研究，并制定开展高质量、以公平为重点的研究的指南。目标之一是使用能力、访问、参与和体验 (CAPE) 框架作为分析镜头，确定 K-12 计算机教育中以公平为中心的研究中的障碍和差距。这些结果将用于举办研讨会，以培养研究人员纳入和关注公平的能力。研究问题提出：1) K-12 CER 在明确解决扩大计算参与或公平目标方面有多全面？2) 阻碍 K-12 计算教育研究人员开展研究的障碍是什么？3) 新资源的有效性如何专门为解决生产高质量、注重公平的 K-12 CER 的差距和障碍而创建的材料和研讨会？该项目将首先根据 CAPE 框架进行前期研究，以确定研究人员在进行高质量研究时面临的障碍K-12计算机教育。利用这项工作的成果和专家的意见，研究人员将制定建议和资源，以扩大公平、高质量的 K-12 计算机教育研究的覆盖范围。最后，研究团队将设计和测试研讨会，以培训研究人员公平的 K-12 CER 方法和实践。 该项目将直接影响计算机科学教育研究的质量。反过来，这将导致更好地分析和确定项目、课程、培训和干预措施，以改善历史上在 K-12 计算机教育中服务不足和代表性不足的人群的参与和体验。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来提供支持。

项目成果

Building upon the CAPE Framework for Broader Understanding of Capacity in K-12 CS Education

以 CAPE 框架为基础，更广泛地了解 K-12 计算机科学教育的能力

• DOI: 10.1145/3545945.3569799
• 发表时间: 2023-03
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
• 作者: McGill, Monica M.;Thompson, Angelica;Gransbury, Isabella;Heckman, Sarah;Rosato, Jennifer;Delyser, Leigh Ann
• 通讯作者: Delyser, Leigh Ann