Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking Test

Kyungbin Kwon — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:17:24 +0000

Computational Thinking Test

Kyungbin Kwon Mon, 08/05/2024 - 22:17

Computational Thinking Test

Description

CT test for elementary school students

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INSTRUMENT DETAILS

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

File Attachment(s)

prepost performance test.pdf

Target Gradespan(s)

Elementary school (K-5)

Discipline(s)

Computer and informational technology science

Survey about Computational Thinking

Kyungbin Kwon — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:57:26 +0000

Survey about Computational Thinking

Kyungbin Kwon Mon, 08/05/2024 - 21:57

Survey about Computational Thinking

Description

Attitude towards CT (first section), Self-efficacy (second section), Learning experiences (third section). Learning experiences were asked only after the intervention

Project Curricula Details

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

File Attachment(s)

prepost attitude test.docx

Target Setting(s)

Early Childhood (PK)

Discipline(s)

Computer and informational technology science

CryptoComics

Kissy Canela — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:17:18 +0000

CryptoComics

Kissy Canela Thu, 01/06/2022 - 17:17

CryptoComics

Description

CryptoComics is a culturally responsive cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum for 7-11 year old. children. An innovative blend of a comic book, technology-based and unplugged activities engages kids in making and breaking codes, symbolic systems awareness and cryptology careers.

Project Curricula Details

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

STEM Content and Standards

Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM

Website

http://cryptocomics.org/

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmQzIhL9vzk

Target Setting(s)

Elementary school (K-5)

K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Webinar #2

Kissy Canela — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:20:25 +0000

K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Webinar #2

Kissy Canela Fri, 11/19/2021 - 11:20

K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Webinar #2

Description

On November 17, 2021, STELAR held a Q&A Webinar Session to engage in a discussion of the K-8 STEM Career Competencies Framework. Authors responded to inquires about use and best practices, and participants shared their own resources and perspectives.

Webinar slides: here

Resources from STELAR’s K-8 STEM Career Competency Q&A Webinar

Read the guide: K–8 STEM Career Competencies
Read the blog: 10 Ways to Prepare Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Workforce
View the June 28, 2021 webinar: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work

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Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development

STEM Content and Standards

Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM

STELAR Webinar: K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work

Kissy Canela — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:11:23 +0000

STELAR Webinar: K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work

Kissy Canela Wed, 06/30/2021 - 13:11

STELAR Webinar: K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work

Description

On June 28, STELAR hosted authors Jessica Juliuson, Joyce Malyn-Smith, Sarah MacGillvray, and Clara McCurdy-Kirlis as they presented an overview of the competencies for their publication K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work.

View slides to the webinar

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Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development

Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM

Becca Schillaci — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:25:10 +0000

Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM

Becca Schillaci Wed, 02/27/2019 - 13:25

Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM

Description

This research report presents the results of a STEM summer program on robotics and game design. The program was part of a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation. Children in grades four through six participated in a two-week summer camp in 2015 to learn STEM by engaging in LEGO® EV3 robotics and computer-based games using Scalable Game Design. Twenty-eight students participated in the study that took place in a small urban community in the Rocky Mountain West. This paper reports on the results of this part of the study, specifically, how children’s computational thinking skills developed and how their self-efficacy in technology, attitude toward engineering and technology, and 21st century skills changed as a result of their participation.

Citation: Leonard, J., Buss, A., Unertl, A., & Mitchell, M. (2016, November). Using robotics and game design to promote pathways to STEM. Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type

Conference proceeding

Author

Jacqueline Leonard

Alan Buss

Adrienne Unertl

Monica Mitchell

Publisher

North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

Informal Learning and Afterschool

File Attachment(s)

Leonard et al 2016 - Conference Proceeding.pdf

Publication Year

2016

Discipline(s)

Computer and informational technology science

Engineering

Developing Teachers' Computational Thinking Beliefs and Engineering Practices Through Game Design and Robotics

Becca Schillaci — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:17:10 +0000

Developing Teachers' Computational Thinking Beliefs and Engineering Practices Through Game Design and Robotics

Becca Schillaci Wed, 02/27/2019 - 13:17

Developing Teachers' Computational Thinking Beliefs and Engineering Practices Through Game Design and Robotics

Description

This research report presents the final year results of a three-year research project on computational thinking (CT). The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, involved training teachers in grades four through six to implement Scalable Game Design and LEGO® EV3 robotics during afterschool clubs. Thirty teachers and 531 students took part in the Year-3 study that blended game design and robotics. Eight of these teachers and 98 students participated in a large urban city in Pennsylvania, while the remaining 22 teachers and 433 students participated in rural Wyoming. This paper reports on the results as it pertained to teacher outcomes, specifically, teachers’ development of CT beliefs and engineering practices.

Citation:
Leonard, J., Barnes-Johnson, J., Mitchell, M., Unertl, A., Stubbe, C. R., & Ingraham, L. (2017, October). Developing teachers' computational thinking beliefs and engineering practices through game design and robotics. In E. Galindo & J. Newton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Indianapolis, Indiana.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type

Conference proceeding

Author

Jacqueline Leonard

Joy Barnes-Johnson

Monica Mitchell

Adrienne Unertl

Christopher R. Stubbe

Latanya Ingraham

Publisher

North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

Teacher Professional Development and Pedagogy

File Attachment(s)

Leonard et al 2017 - Conference Proceeding.pdf

Publication Year

2017

Discipline(s)

Computer and informational technology science

Engineering

Preparing Responsive Educators using Place-based Authentic Research in Earth Systems (PREPARES)

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:47:31 +0000

Preparing Responsive Educators using Place-based Authentic Research in Earth Systems (PREPARES)

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 07/25/2018 - 21:47

Preparing Responsive Educators using Place-based Authentic Research in Earth Systems (PREPARES)

Description

Preparing Responsive Educators using Place-based Authentic Research in Earth Systems (PREPARES) seeks to expand, implement, and conduct research on a framework for providing indigenous students with the skills and knowledge needed for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. PREPARES includes culturally-relevant climate science instruction for Yup’ik and Native Hawaiian middle-school students and teachers.

Students analyze and share climate data unique to their locations, model baseline climate scenarios, and develop management plans for adapting to forecasted impacts.

Project Curricula Details

Topic(s)

Accessibility

Computational Thinking

Informal Learning and Afterschool

Sustainability and Scale-Up

Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM

Website

http://prepareseducators.org

Target Setting(s)

Middle school (6-8)

Additional Disciplines

Environmental Science - general

Environmental Science - climate modeling

Environmental Science - ecological research and analysis

Environmental Science - GIS/GPS

Environmental Science - remote sensing technology

Becoming Technosocial Change Agents: Intersectionality and Culturally Responsive Pedagogies as Vital Resources for Increasing Girls’ Participation in Computing

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:20:43 +0000

Becoming Technosocial Change Agents: Intersectionality and Culturally Responsive Pedagogies as Vital Resources for Increasing Girls’ Participation in Computing

Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 07/25/2018 - 13:20

Becoming Technosocial Change Agents: Intersectionality and Culturally Responsive Pedagogies as Vital Resources for Increasing Girls’ Participation in Computing

Description

Drawing from our two‐year ethnography, we juxtapose the experiences of two cohorts in one culturally responsive computing program, examining how the program fostered girls’ emerging identities as technosocial change agents. In presenting this in‐depth and up‐close exploration, we simultaneously identify conditions that both facilitated and limited the program's potential. Ultimately, we illustrate how these findings can enhance anthropological research and practice in youth identity, culturally responsive pedagogies, and computing education.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type

Article

Author

Catherine Ashcraft

Elizabeth K. Eger

Kimberly A. Scott

Publisher

American Anthropological Association

Publication Website URL

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aeq.12197

Topic(s)

Accessibility

Computational Thinking

Informal Learning and Afterschool

STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development

Teacher Professional Development and Pedagogy

Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM

Publication Year

2017

Additional Disciplines

Computer Science - general

Computer Science - computer hardware

Computer Science - gaming and simulations

Computer Science - general skills and mathematics

Computer Science - multimedia - audio, video and animation

Computer Science - programming

Computer Science - web development

Engineering - general

A new perspective on computational thinking

Osman Yasar — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:03:01 +0000

A new perspective on computational thinking

Osman Yasar Fri, 07/13/2018 - 18:03

A new perspective on computational thinking

Description

This article examines cognitive essence of computational thinking (CT). It introduces a clear and universal definition and suggests that we teach children biological CT skills long before they need to learn electronic CT skills.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Type

Article

Author

Osman Yasar

Publisher

Communications of the ACM

Publication Website URL

https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/7/229035-a-new-perspective-on-computational…

Topic(s)

Computational Thinking

File Attachment(s)

cacm-yasar.pdf

Publication Year

2018

Additional Disciplines

Computer Science - general

Computer Science - general skills and mathematics