Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation and Building Pathways in Computer Science (CS) through Concurrent Enrollment

合作研究：通过同时注册扩大计算机科学（CS）的参与并建立途径

• 批准号: 2401696
• 负责人: Jennifer Rosato
• 金额: $ 60.86万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2401696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Broadening; Participation; Building

This project studies the implementation and outcomes of Concurrent Enrollment (CE) programs as a vehicle for broadening participation in high school to college pathways in Computer Science (CS). The Mobile Computer Science Principles (Mobile CSP) project at the College of St. Scholastica, an established curriculum endorsed by the College Board for its alignment with the Advanced Placement (AP) CSP framework, has formed a Research-Practitioner Partnership (RPP) with CE programs at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut and Southwest Minnesota State University in Minnesota and with partner school districts in each state.The RPP project explores whether CS through CE can broaden the high school to college pathway in computing disciplines for those traditionally underrepresented in these fields--female, underrepresented minority, and low-SES students. While the AP CSP course has enrolled a more diverse group of students than previous AP CS courses, it is not as diverse as other AP courses. CE programs appear to have better penetration than AP among schools that predominantly serve underrepresented minorities and low-SES students, showing promise for broadening participation in other disciplines and encouraging college matriculation.By implementing and studying CS through CE in two different contexts (rural and low-SES in Minnesota and urban, diverse, and low-SES in Connecticut), the project contributes to transforming the educational pathways in CS in a variety of contexts and to understanding the supports and barriers to implementing CSP as CE with a broadening-participation goal. This project provides professional development and support of 40 high school teachers to teach a CE version of the Mobile CSP course among partnering school districts over the course of 3 years. The goals of this RPP project are (1) to examine and address the supports and barriers to implementing and sustaining Mobile CSP as a concurrent enrollment course and (2) to study whether a CE implementation of the CSP course broadens participation in computing.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.

该项目研究了并发入学计划的实施和结果，作为将高中参与到计算机科学（CS）的大学途径的工具。圣科拉斯卡斯塔学院的移动计算机科学原理（移动CSP）项目是由学院委员会认可的一项既定课程，该课程与高级安置（AP）CSP框架保持一致，已成立了一项研究 - 实证人的合作伙伴关系（RPP）与CE Capection Copital College in Capital Community College in Capital College College at Harticut和Southwestford，Minesota and Minesota in eultecon in eultecon in eultecon in CS通过CE可以将高中扩大到大学途径，以计算这些领域传统上代表性不足的人的学科 - 女性，代表性不足的少数群体和低知名学生。尽管AP CSP课程比以前的AP CS课程招收了更多的学生，但它并不像其他AP课程那样多样化。 CE计划似乎比在主要服务于代表性不足的少数群体和低级学生的学校中具有更好的渗透率，这表明有望扩大参与其他学科的参与并鼓励大学入学。以扩大参与目标的目标来理解实施CSP作为CE的支持和障碍。该项目提供了40位高中教师的专业发展和支持，以在3年的时间内在合作学区中教授CE版本的CE版本。 The goals of this RPP project are (1) to examine and address the supports and barriers to implementing and sustaining Mobile CSP as a concurrent enrollment course and (2) to study whether a CE implementation of the CSP course broadens participation in computing.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.