Welcome CE21 PI and STEM-C Partnerships Community Meeting Day 2 Orlando, FL

BP and CER tracks merged (BPEC) BP required for CS 10K CS Education Expansion track added STEM-CP: CE21 Solicitation

Research on the effective teaching and learning of computing skills and concepts particular attention to educational practices that are effective for students from underrepresented groups pedagogy or student learning of computing fundamentals applicable to K-12 Awards for up to 3 years, up to $600,000 BPEC Goal

1.conduct basic research on the teaching and learning of computational competencies in face-to-face or virtual settings 2.design, develop, test, validate, and refine materials, measurement tools, and methods for teaching in specific contexts; 3.  implement promising small-scale interventions in order to study the efficacy of those interventions with particular groups underrepresented in computing educational and workforce settings. BPEC Possibilities (pick any)

BPEC Projects must… Strong research component With sufficient expertise Build upon and contribute to research base Evaluation plan if there is an intervention Major focus on some underrepresented group

Underrepresented groups? Women African-Americans Hispanics Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander territories Persons with disabilities Possibly other groups with computing-specific underrepresentation

Of Particular Interest Learning progressions Evidence-based pedagogical techniques Effective contexts for introducing computing Leveraging resources of BPC Alliances

Extra review considerations Is the expertise represented on the project team appropriate for the proposed work? Are appropriate tools available to generate reliable and valid data addressing the research question(s)? Is the potential high for sustainable, national significance in terms of both increasing and broadening participation in computing ?

CS 10K csprinciples.org exploringcs.org cs10kcommunity.org  Get engaging, rigorous computing curricula into computing courses in 10,000 high schools, taught by 10,000 well-prepared teachers by 2016 or so.

Develop the knowledge base and partnerships needed to catalyze the CS 10K Project Professional development and ongoing teacher support Course materials and pedagogy Best practices addressing underrepresentation Approaches to scaling Strategies for building partnerships Online support for teachers or content Awards for up to 3 years, up to $1,000,000 CS 10K Track Goal

Is the partnership for the proposed intervention appropriate and is it likely to support sustainable change? How does the evaluation plan link project goals to student/teacher outcomes? How is the project informed by research on education or broadening participation? What institutional change will result? CS 10K Considerations

Eligibility: Current or previous MSP At high school level Expansion will support CS 10K ECS or CS Principles Proposal must be Partnership Driven Teacher Quality Quantity, & Diversity Challenging Courses and Curriculum Evidence-based Design and Outcomes Institutional Change Awards for up to 3 years, up to $500,000 CS Education Expansion

Flash Talks! Wednesday: 10 – 11:15 Chinma Uche Tom McKlin Juan Gilbert Alex Repenning Dan Garcia Karen Brennan Richard Ladner

Session 4: 11:30-12:45 Citrus: BP and CER and Evaluators Orange: Online education delivery Lemon: Learning progressions Lime: CS10K and Evaluators Fleming: Visual Based Programming Sunset: Reaching girls of color in Computer Science Siesta: Cyberlearning, Exploiting computational thinking in K-12 Education Largo: Working with volunteers from industry

Wednesday keynote: 9:00 am Edith Gummer, NSF Standards of evidence for education research Common Research Guidelines for Education Research & Development – Department of Education & NSF